Pwint-Hla-Oo Thihapate (, ) was governor of

Taungdwin Taungdwingyi ( ) is a town located in Magway Region, Myanmar. Town scape The town is divided into ten main quarters. They are Ohndaw Quarter 1, Ohndaw Quarter 2, Taungbyin Quarter 1, Taungbyin Quarter 2, Shwe-oh Quarter 1, Shwe-oh Quarter 2, M ...

from the 1310s to . He was the father of Ava-period general

Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung , image = , caption = , reign = 1360s – 1390s , coronation = , succession = Governor of Sagu , predecessor = , successor = Theinkhathu II of Sagu , suc-t ...

, and a great-grandfather of Queen

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 ...

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Brief

According to the royal chronicles, Thihapate was governor of

in 1317/18(Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 260): Six years after the founding of Pinya, Gov.

Thawun Nge , image = , caption = , reign = 23 June 1317 – 1324 , coronation = , succession = Governor of Toungoo , predecessor = Thawun Gyi , successor = Saw Hnit ...

of Toungoo did not send tribute -- i.e. 1317/18. According to (Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 19–20), Thawun Nge assassinated Gov.

Thawun Gyi , image = , caption = , reign = 17 April 1279 – 23 June 1317 , coronation = , succession = Ruler of Toungoo , predecessor = New office , successor = Thaw ...

, and seized the governorship of Toungoo. when nearby

Toungoo Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ), also spelled Toungoo and formerly Toung-ngú, is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east an ...

(Taungoo) revolted. It was during the Toungoo rebellion that King

Thihathu Thihathu (, ; 1265–1325) was a co-founder of the Myinsaing Kingdom, and the founder of the Pinya Kingdom in today's central Burma (Myanmar).Coedès 1968: 209 Thihathu was the youngest and most ambitious of the three brothers that successful ...

Pinya Pinya (), or Vijayapura, was the capital of the Kingdom of Pinya, located near Ava, Mandalay Region, Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989 ...

wedded Thihapate to his daughter Saw Pale to retain Thihapate's support.The 1724 chronicle ''

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 ...

'' (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 261) says Thihathu wedded Saw Pale and Thihapate of Taungdwin to retain Taungdwin's support. The 1798 ''

Yazawin Thit ''Maha Yazawin Thit'' (, ; ; also known as ''Myanmar Yazawin Thit'' or ''Yazawin Thit'') is a national chronicle of Burma (Myanmar). Completed in 1798, the chronicle was the first attempt by the Konbaung court to update and check the accuracy o ...

'' (Yazawin Thit Vol 1 2012: 163) says Saw Pale was married to Thihapate of Yamethin, not Taungdwin. The chronicle ''

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 ...

'' (1832) stays with the ''Maha Yazawin's'' narrative. According to the ''

'' chronicle, the couple had three children:

Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung , image = , caption = , reign = 1360s – 1390s , coronation = , succession = Governor of Sagu , predecessor = , successor = Theinkhathu II of Sagu , suc-t ...

, Theinkhathu the younger, and Min Ogga.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 261 However, the ''

'' chronicle mentions only Saw Hnaung.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372 Saw Hnaung later became governor of Sagu, and one of the leading generals in the service of 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 ...

.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 435 Queen

of Ava was a great-granddaughter of Thihapate I of Taungdwin.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372 It is unclear as to when he died. The next mention of the governor of Taungdwin in the chronicles is in 1364 when

Thihapate II of Taungdwin Thettawshay Thihapate (, ) was governor of Taungdwin from the 1360s to during the late Pinya and early Ava periods. After Pinya fell to King Thado Minbya of Sagaing in 1364, he became one of several Pinya vassals that refused to submit to the n ...

was one of the many southern Pinya governors that had refused to submit to the new king

Thado Minbya Thado Minbya (, ; also spelt as Thadominbya; 7 December 1345 – 3 September 1367) was the founder of the Kingdom of Ava. In his three plus years of reign (1364–67), the king laid the foundation for the reunification of Central Burma, which h ...

.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 277Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 182Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 398 Furthermore, Thihapate II may not have been a son of Thihapate I of Taungdwin since Thihapate II's father according to an early 15th century fresco writing by Thihapate II's daughter Queen

Shin Myat Hla of Ava Shin Myat Hla (, ; also known as Shin Mi-MyatHmannan Vol. 1 2003: 440 or Me Myat HlaLetwe Nawrahta 1961: 12) was the chief queen consort of King Mohnyin Thado of Ava (now Burma) from 1426 to 1439. She was also a junior queen of King Minkhaung I ...

was Thray Sithu, not Thihapate.(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 62–63): Queen Myat Hla's fresco writings from the Shwe Kyaung Monastery in

Pagan Paganism (, later 'civilian') is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Christianity, Judaism, and Samaritanism. In the time of the ...

(Bagan), her father was

and her paternal grandfather was Thray Sithu. Although it is possible that Thray Sithu was another title worn by Thihapate I of Taungdwin, it is not probable. If her father Thihapate II was a grandson of King Thihathu, Queen Myat Hla would likely mentioned it.

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