Shin Hla Myat ( my, ရှင်လှမြတ်, ) was duchess of
Pakhan
Yesagyo Township (Yaesagyo Township) is a township of Pakokku District in the Magway Region of central Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Yesagyo.
The township is served by the Chaung-U to Pakokku railway.
Borders
Yesa ...
from 1429 to 1450/51. The eldest daughter 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 L ...
may also have served as the (acting) governor of Pakhan and the surrounding ten regions after her husband
Thihapate was transferred to
Mohnyin
Mohnyin ( my, မိုးညှင်း, ; Shan:မိူင်းယၢင်း) is a town in Kachin State, Myanmar. It is the administrative center for both Mohnyin Township and Mohnyin District and it has a population of 33,290.
History
T ...
in 1439.
[Hla Myat apparently remained in Pakhan. Chronicles do not mention her stay in Mohnyin or referred to her as duchess of Mohnyin. Instead, she is referred to as the lord of Pakhan (ပခန်းစား) (as opposed to duchess of Pakhan (ပခန်း မိဖုရား)) as seen in (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 282). ] Hla Myat was the mother of Queen
Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava
Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava ( my, အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ, ; pi, Amittasirimahādhammadevī; born Saw Hla MinHmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83) was the chief queen consort of King Thihathura I of Ava ...
.
Brief
Hla Myat was the third child of
Thado and
Myat Hla.
[Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 62] She was born and grew up in Mohnyin, where her father was ''
sawbwa
Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
'' (lord governor) of the region. In 1426, her father was successful in seizing the Ava throne. On the day of the coronation, Hla Myat was married off to
Thihapate.
[Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272][Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61]
She and her husband were first cousins (if not double first cousins). The couple had had two sons and six daughters.
[Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83–84]
The duchess was still alive in 1466/67 when she sponsored
merit-making donations to the public under five ''
pyatthat
Pyatthat ( my, ပြာသာဒ်, ; from Sanskrit ; mnw, တန်ဆံၚ် ; also spelt pyathat) is the name of a multistaged roof, with an odd number of tiers (from three to seven). The pyatthat is commonly incorporated into Burmese B ...
s'' west of
Ava (Inwa).
[Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 294]
Ancestry
Shin Hla Myat was descended from a distant branch of the
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 ...
and
Pagan
Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...
royal lines from her paternal side, and from the maternal line, a two times great grandchild of King
Thihathu
Thihathu ( my, သီဟသူ, ; 1265–1325) was a co-founder of the Myinsaing Kingdom, and the founder of the Pinya Kingdom in today's central Burma (Myanmar).Coedès 1968: 209 Thihathu was the youngest and most ambitious of the three brother ...
of
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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