Thiri Thudhamma Yaza ( my, သီရိ သုဓမ္မ ရာဇာ, , pi, Sīrisudhammarājā; 8 April 1561 – c. May 1584) was viceroy of Martaban (Mottama) from 1581 to 1584. He was the younger brother of King

Nawrahta Minsaw Nawrahta Minsaw ( my, နော်ရထာ မင်းစော, ; formally, Anawrahta Minsaw; also known as Nawrahta Saw and Tharrawaddy Min; 1551/52–1607/08) was king of Lan Na from 1579 to 1607/08, and the first Burmese-born vassal king ...

Lan Na The Lan Na Kingdom ( nod, , , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; th, อาณาจักรล้านนา, , ), also known as Lannathai, and most commonly called Lanna or Lanna Kingdom, was an Indianized state centered in present-day ...

and Princess Yaza Datu Kalaya.

Brief

The future viceroy was born Thinga Dathta (, ) to Queen Yaza Dewi and King

Bayinnaung , image = File:Bayinnaung.JPG , caption = Statue of Bayinnaung in front of the National Museum of Myanmar , reign = 30 April 1550 – 10 October 1581 , coronation = 11 January 1551 at Toung ...

Toungoo Dynasty , conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty , common_name = Taungoo dynasty , era = , status = Empire , event_start = Independence from Ava , year_start ...

on 8 April 1561 at the

Kanbawzathadi Palace Kanbawzathadi Palace ( my, ကမ္ဘောဇသာဒီ နန်းတော်, ) is a palace in Bago, Myanmar. The original palace, built for King Bayinnaung , image = File:Bayinnaung.JPG , caption = Statue ...

.Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 260 The youngest of the king's six children by his three principal queens grew up at the palace. He had his royal hair-knotting ceremony on 20 October 1577.(Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 63): ''Friday'', 9th waxing of Tazaungmon 939 ME = ''Sunday'', 20 October 1577. He commanded a regiment in the 1579–80 campaign to

Lan Xang existed as a unified kingdom from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The meaning of the kingdom's name alludes to the power of the kingship and formidable war machine of the ea ...

under the overall commander-in-chief

Nanda Nanda may refer to: Indian history and religion * Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE ** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire ** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...

. The 22,000-strong army saw no action there.Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 69 He was appointed viceroy of

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 ...

(Mottama) with the style of Thiri Thudhamma Yaza on 26 May 1581.(Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 73): Friday, 10th waning of Nayon 943 ME = 26 May 1581 The new viceroy was asked to co-lead, along with

Minye Kyawhtin Minye Kyawhtin ( my, မင်းရဲကျော်ထင်, ; also transliterated as Minyekyawdin 1651–1698) was king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1673 to 1698. Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Pindale, was elected by the ministe ...

,(Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 83): Minye Kyawhtin became the viceroy of Toungoo with the title of Minye Thihathu in June 1584. the ongoing war with

Arakan Arakan ( or ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it accessi ...

.Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 74–75 On 28 September 1581,(Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 74) and (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 60): Monday, 1st waxing of Thadingyut 943 ME, which translates to ''Thursday'', 28 September 1581. his army of 18,000 men, 800 horses, 60 elephants left Pegu for Arakan. (Minye Kyawhtin led an 11,000-strong army.) But neither man saw any action. The king died six weeks later, and the new king Nanda called off the invasion. It was the last time he was explicitly mentioned by name in the

Burmese chronicles The royal chronicles of Myanmar ( my, မြန်မာ ရာဇဝင် ကျမ်းများ ; also known as Burmese chronicles) are detailed and continuous chronicles of the monarchy of Myanmar (Burma). The chronicles were written o ...

. In May 1584, Martaban was under occupation of Crown Prince

Naresuan King Naresuan the Great (( th, สมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช, , ) or Sanphet II ( th, สรรเพชญ์ที่ ๒), ( my , နရဲစွမ် (သို့) ဗြနရာဇ်); 1555/1556 – ...

Siam Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 mi ...

, who returned to Siam by taking away many conscripts to Siam.Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 82 The viceroy might have been taken away or killed. Pegu's forces reoccupied Martaban in the same year but the viceroy's name or the term "viceroy of Martaban" (မုတ္တမ မင်းကြီး)For example, he is referred to as "မုတ္တမ မင်းကြီး" in (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 74). never came up again. Although three of the five Burmese invasions of Siam (1584–1593) went through Martaban, neither his name nor the ruler of Martaban is ever mentioned in any of the commander lists of the campaigns. When the ruler of the Martaban is mentioned in the Siam's 1592 raid into Martaban's territory, he is referred to as governor of Martaban (မုတ္တမ မြို့စား).Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 92

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