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Saw Yun Athinhkaya Saw Yun ( ; also spelled Sawyun; 1299 – 5 February 1327) was the founder of the Sagaing Kingdom of Myanmar (Burma). The eldest son of King Thihathu set up a rival kingdom in 1315 after Thihathu appointed Uzana I of Pinya, Uzana I as ...

, mother = Saw Hnaung , birth_date = 12 October 1327
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Sagaing Sagaing (, ) is a town in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located on the Irrawaddy River, to the south-west of Mandalay on the opposite bank of the river. Sagaing, with its numerous Buddhist monasteries, is an important religious and ...

, Sagaing Kingdom , death_date = 23 February 1352 (aged 24)
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, signature = Tarabya II of Sagaing (, ; 1327–1352) was king of

from 1349 to 1352. He reestablished peace with Sagaing's rival

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Tarabya the younger was the youngest child of Queen Saw Hnaung and King

. He was born eight months after his father's death. His half-uncle Tarabya I succeeded the throne, and made his mother the chief queen.Than Tun 1959: 126Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 389 The younger Tarabya grew up at the Sagaing Palace until he was about eight. In 1335/36, he and his three full siblings had to flee to Mindon, deep inside Pinya's territory after their half-cousin Shwetaungtet overthrew Tarabya I. The siblings spent the next three years in exile with the help of their mother and her ally Chief Minister Nanda Pakyan until their cover was blown and brought back to Sagaing in 1339.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 390 But after a palace battle between loyalists of Shwetaungtet and Tarabya I killed both Shwetaungtet and Tarabya, the eldest brother

Kyaswa Kyaswa (, ; 1198–1251) was the king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1235 to 1251. Kyaswa succeeded his father Htilominlo and was even more devout.Harvey 1925: 59Coedès 1968: 183 Kyaswa's reign like his father's was largely pea ...

was placed on the throne by Nanda Pakyan. Tarabya like his middle brother Minye played no more than a nominal role in Kyaswa's reign (1339−49) since Nanda Pakyan actually ran the country.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 391 Nevertheless, he became king in late 1349 after Kyaswa and Minye died within eight months that year. He inherited Minye's

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, and proclaimed himself Hsinbyushin ("Lord of the White Elephant"). Tarabya II's reign lasted just over two years. He pursued a guarded policy towards Sagaing's traditional rival

. In 1351, he gave sanctuary to Gov. Saw Ke of

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, who fled from King Kyawswa II of Pinya.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403 This followed Minye's giving sanctuary to Gov. Nawrahta of

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in 1349.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380 But Tarabya tried to cool the situation by sending his sister Princess Soe Min and her husband Gov. Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung to seek a truce with Kyawswa II. The embassy was successful, and the peace between the two Central Burmese kingdoms was maintained.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 384–385 He died soon after, and was succeeded by Soe Min's second husband Thihapate on 23 February 1352.

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The royal chronicles do not agree on his birth and death dates.

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