Thihapate of Tagaung ( my, သီဟပတေ့, ; also known as Nga Nauk Hsan (ငနောက်ဆံ, ); d. November 1400) was governor of
Tagaung
Tagaung is a town in Mandalay Region of Myanmar (Burma). It is situated on the east bank of the Ayeyarwady River, 127 miles north of Mandalay.
Etymology
"Tagaung" derives from the Shan language term "Takawng" ( shn, တႃႈၵွင်; ), wh ...
from 1367 to 1400.
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 405, 438] The powerful governor of the northernmost vassal state of
Ava was a brother-in-law of King
Swa Saw Ke,
[(Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 414) says Thihapate of Tagaung was Swa's brother-in-law. Since Swa's three sisters were married to some other people per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403), Swa must have been married to at least one sister of Thihapate. At any rate, Thihapate's sister(s) was apparently not a principal queen since she is not listed in the chronicles.] and had even served as a tutor to Crown Prince
Tarabya
Tarabya ( ota, Tarabiye, el, Θεραπειά, translit=Therapiá) is a neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait, between the neighbourhoods of Yeniköy and Kir ...
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[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 438][Htin Aung 1967: 89] In 1380/81, he was even considered by King
Swa Saw Ke as a candidate to become king of
Arakan
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although he was ultimately passed over.
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 414]
Thihapate came to
Ava (Inwa) in 1400 to serve as an advisor to his one-time pupil Tarabya, who had become king. With Tarabya becoming mentally unstable, Thihapate assassinated the young king in November 1400,
[Than Tun 1959: 128] and tried to seize the throne. But the Ava court did not accept him, promptly executed him.
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Ava dynasty
1400 deaths