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Kyawswa I of Pinya Kyawswa I of Pinya ( my, ငါးစီးရှင် ကျော်စွာ, ; ; 1299–1350) was king of Pinya from 1344 to 1350. His six-year reign briefly restored unity in southern Upper Burma although his authority over his southernmos ...

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Uzana II of Pinya
Swa Saw Ke

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Pinya Pinya ( my, ပင်းယ), or Vijayapura, was the capital of the Kingdom of Pinya, located near Ava, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It was the residence of the Pinya dynasty who ruled this part of central Myanmar from 1313 to 1365.Hmannan Vol. 1 20 ...

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Min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Am ...

Pale ( my, မင်းပုလဲ, ; 1330 – 1402) was governor of Paukmyaing in the

Kingdom of Ava The Kingdom of Ava ( my, အင်းဝခေတ်, ) was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1364 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms of Myinsaing, Pinya and Sagaing t ...

in the late 14th century. He was a grandson of King

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, and was one of the four top commanders of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. He was the paternal grandfather of King

Mohnyin Thado Mohnyin Thado ( my, မိုးညှင်း သတိုး, ; 1379–1439) was king of Ava from 1426 to 1439. He is also known in Burmese history as Mohnyin Min Taya (မိုးညှင်း မင်းတရား, , "Righteous Lo ...

. All the kings of the

Konbaung Dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

claimed descent from him.

Brief

According to the 18th century ''

Alaungpaya Ayedawbon ''Alaungpaya Ayedawbon'' ( my, အလောင်းဘုရား အရေးတော်ပုံ), also known as ''Alaung Mintayagyi Ayedawbon'' ( my, အလောင်း မင်းတရားကြီး အရေးတော်ပု� ...

'' chronicle, Min Pale's father Yandathu was descended from kings

Naratheinkha Naratheinkha ( my, နရသိင်္ခ, ; 1141–1174) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1171 to 1174. He appointed his brother Narapati Sithu heir apparent and commander-in-chief. It was the first recorded instance in the ...

and Sithu II of

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while his mother Mway Medaw was a daughter of King

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.AA 1961: 12 The 19th century ''

Hmannan Yazawin ''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မှန်နန်း မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the '' Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first official chronicle of Konbaung ...

'' chronicle identifies his personal name as Nga Shwe.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380, 435Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 205, in-line commentary by the editors, confirming that Nga Shwe was Min Pale. He had at least one younger sister named Saw Khit Ke.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82 Pale was married to Shwe Einthe, daughter of King

(r. 1344–50).''Hmannan'' (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380) gratuitously states that Shwe Einthe married late because her face was full of scars from chickenpox, and that her parents were resigned her to be single until Min Pale came along. The couple had at least one son, Saw Diga. Kyawswa I appointed his son-in-law governor of Paukmyaing, a small town in modern

Kyaukse Township Kyaukse Township is a township of Kyaukse District in the Mandalay Region of Burma. It makes up the area including the town of Kyaukse Kyaukse ( my, ကျောက်ဆည် မြို့, ) is town and capital of Kyaukse District in Mandal ...

.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 382 He was reappointed at the position at the accession ceremony of King Swa Saw Ke.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 405 Pale rose to become one of the four highest ranking generals(MSK Vol. 13 1973: 134–135) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 435): The other three top generals were

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Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung , image = , caption = , reign = 1360s – 1390s , coronation = , succession = Governor of Sagu , predecessor = , successor = Theinkhathu II of Sagu , suc-t ...

and Tuyin of Inyi. in the Royal Army although his ascent to the top echelon came late in his life. He was first mentioned as a commander only in 1390. Pale most probably had died by 1402 when King Minkhaung I appointed Sithu as the new governor of Paukmyaing.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 443 He was the paternal grandfather of King

(r. 1426–39). King

Alaungpaya Alaungpaya ( my, အလောင်းဘုရား, ; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung-Phra; 11 May 1760) was the founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this f ...

, the founder of

, claimed descent from him.

Military service

The following is his military service as a commander.

Ancestry

The governor was descended ultimately from the Pagan royalty.

Notes

References

Bibliography

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