''Pawtugi Yazawin'' ( my, ပေါ်တူဂီ ရာဇဝင်) is a
Burmese chronicle that covers the history of the Portuguese, especially their rule at
Syriam
Thanlyin (; or ; mnw, သေၚ်, ; formerly Syriam) is a major port city of Myanmar, located across Bago River from the city of Yangon. Thanlyin Township comprises 17 quarters and 28 village tracts. It is home to the largest port in the cou ...
(Thanlyin) from 1599 to 1613. The oral history was first compiled in the early 19th century by Father Ignacio de Brito and Johannes Moses (Baba Sheen).
[Than Htut and Thaw Kaung 2003: 99][(Harvey 1925: xvi–xvii) speculates that the chronicle was "probably within a generation of De Brito's death (1613)."] It was first published in 1918 in Yangon.
[Than Htut and Thaw Kaung 2003: 105]
It is the first and only chronicle to claim that
Natshinnaung
Natshinnaung ( my, နတ်သျှင်နောင်, ; 1579–1613) was a Toungoo prince who was a noted poet and an accomplished musician, as well as an able military commander. He later became a rebellious ruler of Toungoo, and went ov ...
converted to Roman Catholicism.
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