Shwe Nan Shin of Myinsaing
| Shwe Nan Shin ရွှေနန်းရှင် | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Myinsaing | |
| Reign | c. 1344 – ? |
| Predecessor | Sithu I |
| Successor | Thettawshay |
| Born | by 1322 by 684 ME Thayet Pinya Kingdom |
| Died | c. 1386 c. 748 ME Myinsaing Ava Kingdom |
| Issue | Myet-Hna Shay |
| House | Pinya |
| Father | Min Shin Saw of Thayet |
| Mother | Shin Myat Hla of Prome |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Shwe Nan Shin (Burmese: ရွှေနန်းရှင်, pronounced [ʃwè náɴ ʃɪ̀ɴ]) was governor of Myinsaing in the mid-14th century. He was the eldest sibling of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. He became governor of Myinsaing c. 1344 during the Pinya period.[note 1] He was no longer governor of Myinsaing, certainly by 1390.[note 2] He may have been succeeded at Myinsaing by his son-in-law Thettawshay.[note 3]
Ancestry
[edit]Shwe Nan Shin was descended from the Pagan royalty from both sides, and was a grandnephew of King Thihathu of Pinya.
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403) say that he was appointed governor in 704 ME (29 March 1342 to 28 March 1343) by King Uzana I of Pinya. But the Arakanese chronicle Rakhine Razawin Thit (Sandamala Linkara Vol. 1 1999: 181) says the family of Min Shin Saw left Launggyet for Pinya in 705 ME (29 March 1343 to 28 March 1344). According to a contemporary inscription, (Than Tun 1959: 124), Kyawswa I of Pinya took over the kingdom from then regent Sithu, also viceroy of Myinsaing.
- ^ Chronicles do not explicitly say when he died. (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 202) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 429–430) list Thray Sithu as governor of Myinsaing, in the 1390−1391 dry season campaign in the Forty Years' War. This means Shwe Nan Shin was no longer governor of Myinsaing, and most probably because he had died by then. Furthermore, earlier chronicle reporting (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 196, 198) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 417–418, 422) suggests that Shwe Nan Shin was no longer governor in 1386. (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 198) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 422) say that an unnamed lord of Myinsaing as a regimental commander went to the front in the second (1386–1387) campaign. It was quite unlikely that Shwe Nan Shin, then at least 64 years old, would have gone to the front as frontline commander. Indeed, per (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 196) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 417–418), no lord of Myinsaing went to the front in the first (1385–1386) campaign.
- ^ The Yazawin Thit says Thettawshay, a son of Min Letwe of Sigyay, was married to a daughter of Shwe Nan Shin of Myinsaing, and the couple had a son named Maha Thinkhaya.[1] In an earlier section, the Yazawin Thit says Thettawshay of Myinsaing was a son-in-law of King Thihathu.[2] The Hmannan only says Thettawshay of Myinsaing was a son-in-law of Thihathu[3] While it is certainly possible that Thettawshay of Myinsaing was married to daughters of Thihathu and Shwe Nan Shin, a daughter of Thihathu who died in 1325 would likely have been much older than Thettawshay.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
- Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
- Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
- Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Razawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–2 (1997–1999 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.
- Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II).