Uzana ( my, ဥဇနာ, ; also known as Sithu III;
[ 1213–1256) was king of ]Pagan dynasty
The Kingdom of Pagan ( my, ပုဂံခေတ်, , ; also known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan Dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-da ...
of Burma
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(Myanmar) from 1251 to 1256.[Coedès 1968: 183] He assumed the regnal name
A regnal name, or regnant name or reign name, is the name used by monarchs and popes during their reigns and, subsequently, historically. Since ancient times, some monarchs have chosen to use a different name from their original name when they ...
"Śrī Tribhuvanāditya Dhammarājajayasūra" (ၐြီတြိဘုဝနာဒိတျဓမ္မရာဇဇယသူရ).[Harvey 1925: 59] However Uzana reportedly cared more about chasing elephants, and drinking liquor than governing during his father's or his reign. As king, he left the task of governing to his chief minister Yazathingyan
Yazathingyan ( my, ရာဇသင်္ကြန်, ; 1263 – 1312/13) was a co-founder of Myinsaing Kingdom in present-day Central Burma (Myanmar).Coedès 1968: 209 As a senior commander in the Royal Army of the Pagan Empire, he, along wi ...
. The king was accidentally killed at Dala (modern Twante
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) in May 1256 while hunting elephants.[Htin Aung 1967: 65]
His death was followed by a brief power struggle for the throne. His eldest son, Thihathu, claimed the throne but was pushed aside by the court led by Yazathingyan, who placed the other son by a concubine, Narathihapate, on the throne by November 1256.[Than Tun 1964: 134–135]
Dates
The table below lists the dates given by the four main chronicles.[Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 349]
According to inscriptional evidence, he died a few days before 6 May 1256 when the Pagan selected his younger son by a concubine Narathihapate as the next king.[It would have taken at least a couple of days for the news of the king's death in Dala (modern Yangon) to reach Pagan (515 km north).]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uzana Of Pagan
Pagan dynasty
1213 births
1256 deaths
13th-century Burmese monarchs