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, successor =

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 ...

, suc-type = Successor , reg-type = , regent = , spouse = Saw Omma
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Myinsaing Kyaukse District is a district of the Mandalay Region in central Myanmar. Townships The district contains the following townships: *Kyaukse Township *Sintgaing Township *Myittha Township Tada-U Township was promoted as Tada-U District Tada-U ( ...

, father = Kyawswa I , mother = Atula Sanda Dewi , birth_date = 1324/25
Friday, 686 ME , birth_place =

Pinle Pinle ( my, ပင်လယ်) is an archaeological excavation site, located in Myittha Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. Pinle was a capital of the Myinsaing Kingdom from 1297 to 1313. Pinle today is a village on the edge of the walled Pyu c ...

, death_date = September 1364 (aged 39)
Tawthalin 726 ME , death_place =

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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Theravada Buddhism ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

, signature = Uzana II of Pinya ( my, ဥဇနာ, ; also Uzana Pyaung, my-Mymr, ဥဇနာ ပြောင်, ; 1324/25 – September 1364) was king of

for three months in 1364. He was merely a nominal king, and could not consolidate his power in the wake of the devastating raid by the northern

Shan state Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...

Mong Mao Mong may refer to: People *A proposed original name for the Hmong people, based on the main group, the Mong community *Bob Mong (), American journalist and academic administrator * Henry Mong (), American surgeon and Presbyterian missionary * Mong ...

. He was overthrown in September 1364 by

Sagaing Sagaing (, ) is the former capital of the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located in the Irrawaddy River, to the south-west of Mandalay on the opposite bank of the river. Sagaing with numerous Buddhist monasteries is an important religious and m ...

Early life

Uzana was the eldest child of Princess Nan Lon Me of Pagan and Prince Kyawswa of

.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380 He was born 1324/25.Chronicles imply different years of birth for Uzana II, ranging from 1320 (''Maha Yazawin'') and 1322 (''Zatadawbon Yazawin'' and ''Yazawin Thit'') to 1325 (''Hmannan Yazawin''). ''Hmannan'' (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 386−387) provides an analysis of the reported dates of the Pinya period in the earlier chronicles. ''Hmannan'' cites the same inscriptional evidence by ''Yazawin Thit'' but gives Uzana's age at death as 39, instead of ''Yazawin Thit's'' 42. Assuming ''Hmannan'' is correct, Uzana was born sometime between Tawthalin 686 ME (August/September 1324) and

Waso Waso ( my, ဝါဆို; formerly Nweta () or Myayta (Old Burmese: မ္လယ်တာ (မြေတာ)) is the fourth month of the traditional Burmese calendar. Festivals and observances * Dhammacakka Day () - full moon of Waso *Beginning ...

687 ME (June/July 1325). A grandson 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 Myinsaing–Pinya and King

Kyawswa of Pagan Kyawswa ( my, ကျော်စွာ, ; 2 August 1260 – 10 May 1299) was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1289 to 1297. Son of the last sovereign king of Pagan Narathihapate, Kyawswa was one of many "kings" that emerged afte ...

, he hailed from both

and Pagan royal lines. He had five full siblings (two younger brothers and three younger sisters) and at least two half-siblings. He grew up in Pinle but moved to

with the entire family in 1344 when their father became the undisputed ruler of

Pinya Kingdom The Kingdom of Pinya ( my, ပင်းယခေတ်, ), also known as the Vijaia State (၀ိဇယတိုင်း), was the kingdom that ruled Central Myanmar (Burma) from 1313 to 1365. It was the successor state of Myinsaing, the poli ...

.Than Tun 1959: 124 Although he was the eldest son, Uzana lived in the shadow of his younger brothers. The king chose his second son Kyawswa the younger as his heir-apparent. The reason, according to the ''

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 ...

'' chronicle, was that Uzana had weak or crippled legs, and the king deemed his eldest son unsuitable to become king.Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 169 Uzana continued to be overlooked when Kyawswa the younger became king in 1350 as Kyawswa II. Their youngest brother Narathu became the heir-presumptive, ahead of Uzana; Kyawswa II had no children.

Reign

It is not clear if Uzana's status changed when Narathu became king in 1359. But Uzana's turn came five years later. In May 1364, the raiders from the northern

(Maw) sacked Pinya, and took away Narathu, along with the loot. The next month, the court elected Uzana as king. The new king, now Uzana II, took his sister-in-law Saw Omma, who had been the chief queen consort of Kyawswa II and Narathu, as his chief queen.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 393 He was also married to

Saw Sala of Sagaing Saw Sala ( my, စောစလာ, ) was a principal queen consort of King Uzana II of Pinya.Than Tun 1959: 127 Ancestry The queen was descended from the Pagan and Myinsaing Kyaukse District is a district of the Mandalay Region in central ...

.Than Tun 1959: 127 Uzana II was merely a nominal king. He had little authority even in the core capital region. The Maw Shan raids had left the entire Central Burma, including Pinya's neighboring

Sagaing Kingdom The Sagaing Kingdom ( my, စစ်ကိုင်း နေပြည်တော်, ) was a small kingdom ruled by a junior branch of the Myinsaing dynasty from 1315 to 1365. Originally the northern province of Sagaing of the Pinya Kingdom, ...

, in tatters. Like at Pinya, a new ruler,

, came to power at Sagaing. As both Pinya and Sagaing were branches of the

Myinsaing dynasty Kyaukse District is a district of the Mandalay Region in central Myanmar. Townships The district contains the following townships: *Kyaukse Township Kyaukse Township is a township of Kyaukse District in the Mandalay Region of Burma. It makes u ...

, Uzana II and Thado Minbya were related: Thado Minbya was Uzana II's half-cousin, once removed. Unlike Uzana II, Thado Minbya proved to be an able leader, and quickly consolidated his power at Sagaing. He saw an opportunity to consolidate Central Burma, which had been split since 1315. In September 1364, Thado Minbya and his army crossed the Irrawaddy, and seized Pinya, apparently without a fight. The new king ordered the execution of Uzana.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 393–394

Chronicle reporting differences

The various royal chronicles do not agree on his birth, death, and reign dates.

Ancestry

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