Thiri Zeya Thura (, ) was governor of
Pakhan from 1426 to 1429.
[Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 274, 277][Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 64, 69] A younger brother of 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 ...
, he was posted at Pakhan in August 1426 by his brother-in-law King
Mohnyin Thado
Mohnyin Thado (, ; , ''Mongyang That Oo''; 1379–1439) was king of Ava Kingdom, Ava from 1426 to 1439. He is also known in History of Myanmar, Burmese history as Mohnyin Min Taya (မိုးညှင်း မင်းတရား, , "Rig ...
. He was the father of Queen
Min Hla Nyet of Ava.
[Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272][Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61]
Ancestry
The following is his older sister Queen
Shin Myat Hla's ancestry as given in the ''
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 ...
'' chronicle.
[(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 62–63): Queen Mya 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 paternal grandfather was Thray Sithu, and her maternal grandfather was Thettawshay. The writers of ''Hmannan'' identified the Thettawshay as Thettawshay of Myinsaing, who was a son-in-law of 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 ...
. Since King Thihathu died in 1325, the maternal grandmother was unlikely to have been Thihathu's daughter. It is likely that Queen Myat Hla and Thiri Zeya Thura's maternal grandmother was another wife of Thet-taw-shay. His father 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 1360s to at least until 1402.
[(Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 398, 400): His father declared himself king with the title of Thet-taw-shay Thihapate when the Pinya Kingdom collapsed in 1364. He submitted 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 ...
, in the dry season of 1366–67, only after the latter had laid siege to Taungdwin. According to inscriptional evidence, Thihapate was still governor of Taungdwin in 1402 per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 63).
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thiri Zeya Thura
Ava dynasty
1380s births
1429 deaths
Year of birth uncertain