Thihapate of Tagaung (, ; also known as Nga Nauk Hsan (ငနောက်ဆံ, ); d. November 1400) was governor of
Tagaung from 1367 to 1400.
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 405, 438] The powerful governor of the northernmost vassal state of
Ava was a brother-in-law 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: 414) says Thihapate of Tagaung was Swa's brother-in-law. Since Swa's three sisters were married to some other people per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403), Swa must have been married to at least one sister of Thihapate. At any rate, Thihapate's sister(s) was apparently not a principal queen since she is not listed in the chronicles.] and had even served as a tutor to Crown Prince
Tarabya.
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 438][Htin Aung 1967: 89] In 1380/81, he was even considered by 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 ...
as a candidate to become king of
Arakan
Arakan ( or ; , ), formerly anglicised as Aracan, is the historical geographical name for the northeastern coastal region of the Bay of Bengal, covering present-day Bangladesh and Myanmar. The region was called "Arakan" for centuries. It is ...
although he was ultimately passed over.
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 414]
Thihapate came to
Ava (Inwa) in 1400 to serve as an advisor to his one-time pupil Tarabya, who had become king. With Tarabya becoming mentally unstable, Thihapate assassinated the young king in November 1400,
[Than Tun 1959: 128] and tried to seize the throne. But the Ava court did not accept him, promptly executed him.
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1400 deaths