Pwint-Hla-Oo Thihapate ( my, ပွင့်လှဦး သီဟပတေ့, ) was governor of Taungdwin from the 1310s to . He was the father of Ava-period general

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

, and a great-grandfather of Queen

Shin Bo-Me Shin Bo-Me ( my, ရှင်ဘို့မယ်, ; also spelled Shin Bo-Mai) was a principal queen of four kings of Ava in the early 15th century. Brief Considered a great beauty, Bo-Me was the favorite queen of Minkhaung I.Harvey 1925: 93 ...

of Ava.

Brief

According to the royal chronicles, Thihapate was governor of Taungdwin in 1317/18(Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 260): Six years after the founding of Pinya, Gov.

Thawun Nge , image = , caption = , reign = 23 June 1317 – 1324 , coronation = , succession = Governor of Toungoo , predecessor = Thawun Gyi , successor = Saw Hnit ...

of Toungoo did not send tribute -- i.e. 1317/18. According to (Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 19–20), Thawun Nge assassinated Gov.

Thawun Gyi , image = , caption = , reign = 17 April 1279 – 23 June 1317 , coronation = , succession = Ruler of Toungoo , predecessor = New office , successor = Thaw ...

, and seized the governorship of Toungoo. when nearby

Toungoo Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industry ...

(Taungoo) revolted. It was during the Toungoo rebellion that 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 ...

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 ...

wedded Thihapate to his daughter Saw Pale to retain Thihapate's support.The 1724 chronicle ''

Maha Yazawin The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at t ...

'' (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 261) says Thihathu wedded Saw Pale and Thihapate of Taungdwin to retain Taungdwin's support. The 1798 ''

Yazawin Thit ''Maha Yazawin Thit'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင် သစ်, ; ; also known as ''Myanmar Yazawin Thit'' or ''Yazawin Thit'') is a national chronicle of Burma (Myanmar). Completed in 1798, the chronicle was the first attempt by the Konbau ...

'' (Yazawin Thit Vol 1 2012: 163) says Saw Pale was married to Thihapate of Yamethin, not Taungdwin. The chronicle ''

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 ...

'' (1832) stays with the ''Maha Yazawin's'' narrative. According to the ''

'' chronicle, the couple had three children:

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

, Theinkhathu the younger, and Min Ogga.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 261 However, the ''

'' chronicle mentions only Saw Hnaung.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372 Saw Hnaung later became governor of Sagu, and one of the leading generals in the service of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 435 Queen

of Ava was a great-granddaughter of Thihapate I of Taungdwin.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372 It is unclear as to when he died. The next mention of the governor of Taungdwin in the chronicles is in 1364 when Thihapate II of Taungdwin was one of the many southern Pinya governors that had refused to submit to the new king

Thado Minbya Thado Minbya ( my, သတိုးမင်းဖျား, ; also spelt as Thadominbya; 7 December 1345 – 3 September 1367) was the founder of the Kingdom of Ava. In his three plus years of reign (1364–67), the king laid the foundation for ...

.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 277Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 182Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 398 Furthermore, Thihapate II may not have been a son of Thihapate I of Taungdwin since Thihapate II's father according to an early 15th century fresco writing by Thihapate II's daughter Queen Shin Myat Hla of Ava was Thray Sithu, not Thihapate.(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 62–63): Queen Myat Hla's fresco writings from the Shwe Kyaung Monastery in Pagan (Bagan), her father was Thihapate II of Taungdwin and her paternal grandfather was Thray Sithu. Although it is possible that Thray Sithu was another title worn by Thihapate I of Taungdwin, it is not probable. If her father Thihapate II was a grandson of King Thihathu, Queen Myat Hla would likely mentioned it.

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