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Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung

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Reign
  
c. 1360s – 1390s

Died
  
in or after 1393

Father
  
Thihapate of Taungdwin

Spouse
  
Saw Myat of Sagu

Successor
  
Theinkhathu II of Sagu

Issue
  
Theinkhathu II

Mother
  
Saw Pale of Pinya

House
  
Pinya Kingdom

Parents
  
Saw Pale of Pinya, Thihapate of Taungdwin

Grandparents
  
Thihathu, Yadanabon of Pinya

Great-grandparents
  
Lady Myinsaing, Theinkha Bo

Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung (Burmese: သိင်္ခသူ စောနှောင်း, [θèiɴgəθù sɔ́ n̥áʊɴ]) was governor of Sagu in the Kingdom of Ava in the late 14th century. He was a grandson of King Thihathu of Pinya, and was one of the four top commanders of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. He successfully resisted King Thado Minbya's multiple attempts to take his home region (1365−67). He later submitted to Swa. He served in the war against the southern Hanthawaddy Kingdom between 1386 and 1391 and defended the kingdom against the northern state of Mohnyin.

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Queen Shin Bo-Me of Ava was his granddaughter.

Military service

Saw Hnaung was one of the four top generals of King Swa. The other three were Thilawa of Yamethin, Tuyin of Inyi, and Min Pale of Paukmyaing.

Ancestry

The following is his ancestry according to Hmannan Yazawin chronicle. Queen Shin Bo-Me of Ava was his grand-daughter.

References

Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung Wikipedia