Saw Hnit ( my, စောနှစ်, ; also spelled စောနစ်, , Saw Nit or Min Lulin; 1283–1325) was a viceroy of Bagan, Pagan (Bagan) from 1297 to 1325 under the suzerain of Myinsaing Kingdom in central Burma (Myanmar). He was a son of the Yuan dynasty, Mongol vassal king Kyawswa of Pagan, Kyawswa, and a grandson of Narathihapate, the last sovereign king of Pagan dynasty. Saw Hnit succeeded as "king" after his father was forced to abdicate the throne by the three brothers of Myinsaing Kingdom, Myinsaing in December 1297.
[Than Tun 1959: 119–120]
The brothers put him on the throne, officially styled as the king of Pagan, but essentially their viceroy.
[Coedès 1968: 210-211] His authority amounted to the region around the Pagan city.
[Htin Aung 1967: 65–71] The viceroy gave his first audience on 8 May 1299.
[ He raised his father's chief queen Pwa Saw of Thitmahti, Saw Thitmahti as his own chief queen.][Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 257] Two days later, the three brothers executed his brother Theingapati and his father Kyawswa.[
King Swa Saw Ke of Ava Kingdom, Ava (r. 1367–1400) was a grandnephew of Saw Hnit.][
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Dates
Saw Hnit was a son of King Kyawswa of Pagan, Kyawswa. The table below lists the dates given by the four main chronicles.[Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 349]
Ancestry
The following is the ancestry of Saw Hnit as reported by the ''Hmannan Yazawin'' chronicle (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360, 402–403). He was descended from Pagan kings from both sides. His parents were second cousins, once removed.[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360]
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Pagan dynasty
13th-century Burmese people
14th-century Burmese people