Thiri Maya Dewi Mwei Daw ( my, သီရိမာယာဒေဝီ မွေ့ဒေါ, ; 1330s – 28 January 1368) was a principal queen of King

Binnya U Binnya U ( mnw, ဗညာဥူ, my, ဗညားဦး, ; also known as Hsinbyushin; 1323–1384) was king of Martaban–Hanthawaddy from 1348 to 1384. His reign was marked by several internal rebellions and external conflicts. He survived th ...

of Martaban–Hanthawaddy, and the mother of King Razadarit.

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Mwei Daw was the youngest daughter of Than-Bon, a senior minister at the court of King

. Than-Bon was a son of Senior Minister Bo Htu-Hpyet who served at the court of King

Wareru Wareru ( mnw, ဝါရေဝ်ရောဝ်, my, ဝါရီရူး, ; also known as Wagaru; 20 March 1253 – 14 January 1307) was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, located in present-day Myanmar (Burma). By using both diplomatic a ...

. In 1348/49, soon after the accession of

, she was married to Gov.

Min Linka Min Linka ( my, မင်း လင်္ကာ, ) was governor of Pegu (Bago) from 1348 to 1353. Son of King Saw Zein of Martaban, the prince was appointed governor by his half-brother King Binnya U. But he did not help his brother during the ...

of Pegu, younger half-brother of Binnya U. Her three elder sisters Mwei It,

Mwei Kaw Hnin An Daung Mwei Kaw ( my, နှင်းအံဒေါင်း မွေ့ကော, ; also spelled as Hnin An Daw) was a principal queen consort of King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy. She may have been Binnya U's second chief queen ...

and Mwei Zeik became principal queens of Binnya U.Pan Hla 2005: 45 She and Linka had two daughters—Thazin Saw Dala and Thazin Saw U—and a son, Nyi Kan-Kaung.Pan Hla 2005: 47 C. 1353,(Pan Hla 2005: 47–48): Min Linka's rebellion took place sometime after the invasion by

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...

in 713 ME (1351/52) and before the death of the prized white elephant in 716 ME (1354/55). her husband revolted against Binnya U. But the rebellion failed. Min Linka was arrested, and executed. Binnya U raised his sister-in-law to queen with the title of Thiri Maya Dewi. In 1368, she bore him a son named A-Pa-Thon but died soon after the birth in

Donwun Donwun ( my, ဒုန်ဝန်းမြို့, ; also spelled Don Wun; also known as Wun), located 16km north of Thaton Thaton (; mnw, သဓီု ) is a town in Mon State, in southern Myanmar on the Tenasserim plains. Thaton lies a ...

.Pan Hla 2005: 61 The son later became King Razadarit.

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