Saw Min Waing ( my, စောမင်းဝိုင်း, ; also known as Pwa Saw) was one of the two consorts of Prince

Naratheinga Uzana Naratheinga Uzana ( my, နရသိင်္ဃ ဥဇနာ, ; also known as Naratheinkha Uzana; 1190s–1235) was the regent of Pagan from c. 1231 to 1235. He was crown prince prior to his regency. He is regarded by some historians G.H. Luce ...

of Pagan.Than Tun 1964: 134 Naratheinga is regarded by some historians such as G.H. Luce and

Than Tun Than Tun ( my, သန်းထွန်း, ; 6 April 1923 – 30 November 2005) was an influential Burmese historian as well as an outspoken critic of the military junta of Burma. For his lifelong contributions to the development of worldwide ...

as a king that ruled Pagan although none of the Burmese chronicles mentions him as king.Htin Aung 1970: 43Than Tun 1964: 132 Some historians such as

Htin Aung Htin Aung ( my, ထင်အောင် ; also Maung Htin Aung; 18 May 1909 – 10 May 1978) was a writer and scholar of Burmese culture and history. Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, Htin Aung wrote several books on Burmese history and culture ...

and

Michael Aung-Thwin Michael Aung-Thwin (1946 – August 14, 2021) was a Burmese American historian and emeritus professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, specializing in early Southeast Asian and Burmese history. Early life and education Aung-Thwin wa ...

do not recognize Naratheinga as king.Aung-Thwin and Aung-Thwin 2012: 99 According to inscriptional evidence, she was probably already married to Naratheinga by 1212, and was probably about 18 to 20 years old.Ba Shin 1982: 36 Although she was not the first wife (or chief queen) of Naratheinga, she seemed to have been more powerful as her son Uzana became king ahead of the two sons by the chief queen. Her two elder brothers were senior officials at the court. Her second elder brother Manu Yaza (also known as Maha Thaman) rose to be a chief minister of kings Kyaswa and Uzana.Ba Shin 1982: 33Than Tun 1964: 142 The queen lived to an old age; she was still alive on 9 February 1273 per an inscription dedicated by her at the Min Waing monastery.Taw, Forchhammer 1899: 127 She was likely dead by October 1277, according to another inscription. She was the first of the three famous queens with the nickname Pwa Saw (lit. "Queen Grandmother"). The other two were:

Saw Hla Wun Pwa Saw ( my, ဖွားစော ; also known as Saw Hla Wun (စောလှဝန်း, ); 1240– 1295/96 or 1310s) was a chief queen consort of King Narathihapate of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). She is remembered as witty, wi ...

, the chief queen of kings Uzana and

Narathihapate Narathihapate ( my, နရသီဟပတေ့, ; also Sithu IV of Pagan; 23 April 1238 – 1 July 1287) was the last king of the Pagan Empire who reigned from 1256 to 1287. The king is known in Burmese history as the "Taruk-Pyay Min" ("the King ...

, and

Saw Thitmahti Pwa Saw of Thitmahti ( my, သစ်မထီး ဖွားစော, or ) was the chief queen consort of King Kyawswa, and of King Saw Hnit of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). The royal chronicles identify Saw Soe as the chief queen ...

, queen of King Kyawswa.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 234

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