Thiri Yaza Dewi Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk ( my, သီရိရာဇာဒေဝီ မွေ့မဂူသောက်, ) was a principal queen of King Binnya U of

Hanthawaddy Bago (formerly spelt Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon. Etymology The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon langua ...

. She was the mother of Prince

Baw Ngan-Mohn Baw Ngan-Mohn ( my, ဘောငံမုန်, ; also known as Baw Khon-Hmaing (ဘောခုံမှိုင်း, ; 1370 – 1389/90) was heir-apparent of Hanthawaddy during the late reign of his father King Binnya U. After Binnya U's ...

, the heir-apparent during the late reign of Binnya U.

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According to the chronicle '' Razadarit Ayedawbon'', she was a commoner village girl from the village of Byat-Laing, north of then capital

Martaban Mottama ( my, မုတ္တမမြို့, ; Muttama mnw, မုဟ်တၟံ, ; formerly Martaban) is a town in the Thaton District of Mon State, Myanmar. Located on the west bank of the Thanlwin river (Salween), on the opposite side o ...

(Mottama). One day, Binnya U was returning from an elephant hunting trip, and stopped by at Byat-Laing, and saw her. Taken by her beauty, the king made her his concubine. Her

Mon language The Mon language (, mnw, ဘာသာမန်, links=no, (Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်) ; my, မွန်ဘာသာ; th, ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon peopl ...

name Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk (or Hla Hteik-Khaung in Burmese) means "Epitome of Beauty".Pan Hla 2005: 44 The king was extremely fond of her. She later became a queen with the title of Thiri Yaza Dewi.Pan Hla 2005: 45, 47Her full title per ''Razadarit Ayedawbon'' (Pan Hla 2005: 62) was Thiri Yaza Dewi although she is usually referred to as Yaza Dewi elsewhere in the chronicle. She bore a son,

, about two decades later.Pan Hla 2005: 47–48 The king was fond of Ngan-Mohn, and made him the heir-apparent of the kingdom, by 1382.Pan Hla 2005: 64 But she never became the Queen Mother. In 1384, Binnya U died, and Prince Binnya Nwe seized the throne with the help of the court. Nwe, now known as King Razadarit imprisoned Ngan-Mohn, and ordered him executed in 1389/90.Pan Hla 2005: 185 She was also known as the Queen of Pegu because she donated a monastery at the Gu-Nin village near Pegu.Pan Hla 2005: 62

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