, image = Anauk Mibaya Nat.jpg , caption = As the Anauk Mibaya

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, reign = July 1408 – December 1421? , coronation = , succession = Queen consort of Hanthawaddy , predecessor = , successor = , reg-type = , regent = , reign1 = 25 November 1400 – July 1408 , succession1 = Queen of the Western Palace of Ava , predecessor1 = Saw Taw Oo , successor1 =

Shin Bo-Me Shin Bo-Me (, ; also spelled Shin Bo-Mai) was a principal queen of four kings of Ava in the early 15th century. Brief Considered a great beauty, Bo-Me was the favorite queen of Minkhaung I.Harvey 1925: 93–96 She was also a half-niece of Mink ...

, suc-type = Successor , spouse =

Minkhaung I Minkhaung I of Ava ( ; also spelled Mingaung; 1373–1421) was king of Ava Kingdom, Ava from 1400 to 1421. He is best remembered in History of Myanmar, Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, Hantha ...

(1389–1408)

Razadarit Razadarit (, ; , or ; also spelled Yazadarit, "king of kings"; 1368–1421) was king of Kingdom of Hanthawaddy, Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1384 to 1421. He successfully unified his Mon language, Mon-speaking kingdom, and fended off major assaults ...

(1408–21) , issue =

Minye Kyawswa Minye Kyawswa (, ; also Minyekyawswa and Minrekyawswa; January 1391 – 13 March 1415) was crown prince of Ava from 1406 to 1415, and commander-in-chief of Ava's military from 1410 to 1415. He is best remembered in Burmese history as the ...

Saw Pyei Chantha Saw Pyei Chantha ( ), also spelled Shwe Bye Kyantha (), was the chief queen consort of Arakan for a few months in 1408. After she and her first husband King Anawrahta of Launggyet were captured by the Hanthawaddy forces in 1408, she became a ...

Minye Thihathu
Minye Kyawhtin , issue-link = , full name = , house = Mohnyin , father = Tho Ngan BwaHmannan Vol. 1 2003: 424 (Hsongamhpa)Tun Aung Chain 2004: 68 , mother = , birth_date = 1374She was born in 1374 per ''

Maha Yazawin The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' (, , Pali : Mahārājavaṃsa) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at the Toungoo court, it was the ...

'', and in 1373 per ''

Hmannan Yazawin ''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' (, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the ''Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first Burmese chronicle, official chronicle of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). It was compiled by the Royal Histori ...

'', inferred from their reporting. ''Maha Yazawin'' (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 334–335) says she was 34 (in 35th year) when she was captured by Hanthawaddy forces July 1408. (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 485) also says she was 34 (in 35th year) but a year earlier in 1407. The chroniclers of ''Hmannan'' changed ''Maha Yazawin's'' invasion date by a year earlier but did not update Shin Mi-Nauk's age accordingly. , birth_place =

Mohnyin Mohnyin (, ; ) is a town in Kachin State, Myanmar. It is the administrative center for both Mohnyin Township and Mohnyin District Mohnyin District () is a Districts of Burma, district of the Kachin State in northern Myanmar. The administrative c ...

, death_date = ? , death_place =

Pegu Bago (formerly spelled Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon. Etymology The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon lang ...

(Pegu) , date of burial = , place of burial = , religion =

Theravada Buddhism ''Theravāda'' (; 'School of the Elders'; ) is Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed ''Theravādins'' ( anglicized from Pali ''theravādī''), have preserved their version of the Buddha's teaching or '' Dhamma'' in ...

, signature = Shin Mi-Nauk ( ), also known as Nang Hswe Hking (), was a senior queen consort of King

Ava Ava or AVA may refer to: Places Asia and Oceania * Ava Kingdom, in upper Burma from 1364 to 1555 ** Inwa, formerly Ava, the capital of Ava Kingdom ** Earl of Ava, a British colonial earldom in Burma * Ava, Iran, Gilan Province, a village * Iva ...

from 1400 to 1407. She was the mother of Crown Prince

, who is one of the most celebrated

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s in

Burmese history The history of Myanmar ( ) covers the period from the time of first-known human settlements 13,000 years ago to the present day. The earliest inhabitants of recorded history were a Tibeto-Burman-speaking people who established the Pyu city-sta ...

, and King

Thihathu of Ava Thihathu of Ava (, ; also known as Aung Pinle Hsinbyushin Thihathu; 1394–1425) was king of Ava from 1421 to 1425. Though he opportunistically renewed the Forty Years' War with Hanthawaddy Pegu in 1422, Thihathu agreed to a peace treaty with ...

. Mi-Nauk was a daughter of Hsongamhpa, the ''

saopha Saopha (), also spelled Sawbwa, was the title used by hereditary rulers of Shan states in Upper Myanmar. Chaopha and Chao Fa were similar titles used by the hereditary Tai rulers in mainland Southeast Asia and the Ahom kingdom in India. Nam ...

'' (chief) of

Shan state Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...

. She was married to Minkhaung, son King

Swa Saw Ke Mingyi Swa Saw Ke (, ; also spelled Minkyiswasawke or Swasawke; 1330–1400) was king of Ava from 1367 to 1400. He reestablished central authority in Upper Myanmar (Burma) for the first time since the fall of the Pagan Empire in the 1280s. He ...

of Ava when Ava and Mohnyin were in a rare period of good relations in 1389.''Hmannan'' (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 424) only says she was married to Min Swe in (751 ME = 29 March 1389 to 29 March 1390). But it likely took place in early 751 ME (in 1389) since the following entry in the chronicle is on the dry-season campaign of 1389–90. From 1391 to 1395, she gave birth to three sons, Minye Kyawswa, Minye Thihathu and Minye Kyawhtin, and a daughter,

at Pyinzi, which was Minkhaung's

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.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 441 Mi-Nauk became of queen of Ava on 25 November 1400 when Minkhaung ascended to the throne of Ava. Ava at that time was fighting against the Kingdom of Hanthawaddy in the south. In May 1408, Minkhaung invaded the Hanthawaddy country and reached the outskirts of

.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 334 As it was the custom of the day, she accompanied Minkhaung during his military expeditions. Three months later, c. July 1408, the Hanthawaddy army counter-attacked and soundly defeated the Ava army. In the process of chaotic retreat, Mi-Nauk was captured by the Hanthawaddy army. King

of Hanthawaddy made a queen of his. Inside Razadarit's harem was her daughter Saw Pyei Chantha, who was captured at Arakan by the Hanthawaddy army, and also made a queen of Razadarit.Harvey 1925: 85–95 Minye Kyawswa in particular would not forgive Razadarit for putting his mother and sister in the harem. He was determined to defeat Razadarit in war, and came close to accomplishing it. But he could not rescue his mother and sister as he died from battle wounds in March 1415.

Anauk Mibaya

Anauk Mibaya ( ; ) is one of 37

s in the official Burmese pantheon of nats. She was Queen Shin Mi-Nauk. Her son Thihathu also entered the pantheon as Aung Pinle Hsinbyushin. She allegedly died of a heart attack after being startled by seeing

Min Kyawzwa Min Kyawzwa (, ; also known as U Min Gyaw and Ko Gyi Kyaw), is one of the 37 nats in the official pantheon of Burmese nats. He is a composite representation of multiple historical personalities. One version puts him as a son of King Theinhko of ...

(U Min Gyaw) on a magic stallion in a cotton field. She is portrayed with a headdress sitting on a lotus and nursing her baby.

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