List of rulers of Myinsaing

This is a list of rulers of Myinsaing, a prominent vassal state during the Pagan, Pinya and Ava periods. During the Myinsaing Period, Athinkhaya of Myinsaing was one of the three de facto rulers—alongside his younger brothers Yazathingyan and Thihathu—of the rump Pagan Kingdom.

Background

During the reign of King Narathihapate of Pagan, Myinsaing was a mere village, whose headman was Theinkha Bo.[1] The village became a myo, a district-level town with a myoza (a royal governor), soon after King Kyawswa of Pagan came to power in 1289. The town's first governor was Theinkha Bo's eldest son Athinkhaya.[note 1] The town became the de facto capital of the rump Pagan kingdom when Athinkhya and his two brothers—Yazathingyan and Thihathu—together overthrew King Kyawswa in 1297.[4][5][6] During the Pinya period, Athinkhaya's successor Sithu was the regent of Pinya from 1340 to 1344.[7]

Certainly the 19th century, Myinsaing was no longer a royal governorship. It was governed by a mayor, myothugyi[8] although it apparently continued to be a fief awarded to members of the royal family. Myinsaing's last feudal lord was Prince Thado Minye Yanshein, who after the Third Anglo-Burmese War continued the fight against the British occupation forces until his death in 1886.[9]

List of rulers

Pinya and Ava periods

Name Term From Term Until Relationship to predecessor(s) Overlords Notes
Athinkhaya c. 1289 (by February 1293)[note 2] 13 April 1310 Appointed
Co-Regent of Pagan (1297–1310) alongside Yazathingyan and Thihathu
Yazathingyan 1310 1312/13 Brother Thihathu? Assumed the title of Athinkhaya Nge (Athinkhaya II)[note 3]
Sithu 1310s? c. 1342 Brother-in-law of Athinkhaya?, appointed
Regent of Pinya (1340–1344)
Thettawshay c. 1342 ? Appointed Kyawswa I of Pinya Son-in-law of Kyawswa I
Shwe Nan Shin ? c. 1386 Appointed
Eldest sibling of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava
Thray Sithu c. 1386 1426
Grandson of King Uzana I of Pinya and King Swa Saw Ke of Ava
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List of lords

The following is a list of feudal lords who held Myinsaing as their fief. These lords did not have the day-to-day administrative duties, which were handled by a myothugyi (mayor).

Konbaung period

Name Term From Term Until Relationship to predecessor(s) Overlords Notes
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Bagyidaw ? 1819 Appointed Bodawpaya Lord of the 16 fiefs and Commander of the Southern Cavalry and the Northern Cavalry[a]
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Princess of Myinsaing by 1837 1846 or later Tharrawaddy Min Noted poet[13]
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Thado Minye Yanshein ? 13 August 1886 Thibaw Min (to 1885) Son of King Mindon Min; died on 13 August 1886[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Chronicle narratives are as follows:
    • The Maha Yazawin chronicle (1724) says Yazathingyan was appointed governor of Myinsaing by King Kyawswa.[2]
    • The Yazawin Thit (1798) says Athinkhaya was appointed governor by Kyawswa.[1]
    • The Hmannan Yazawin (1832) accepts the Yazawin Thit's correction.[3] It was now a myo, district-level town with a royal appointed governor.
  2. ^ Per a stone inscription dated 19 February 1293, Athinkhaya was the ruler of Myinsaing, Yazathingyan the ruler of Mekkhaya and Thihathu, the ruler of Pinle.[10]
  3. ^ According to a 1329 stone inscription found at Lunbogon, Kyaukse by J.A. Stewart, Yazathingyan succeeded the [Myinsaing] throne as Athinkhaya Nge (Athinkhaya the Younger).[11]
  1. ^ The 16 fiefs and the two cavalry regiments include:[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 154
  2. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 254
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 361
  4. ^ Than Tun 1959: 119, 121–122
  5. ^ Htin Aung 1967: 74
  6. ^ Aung-Thwin 2017: 25–26
  7. ^ Than Tun 1959: 124
  8. ^ Burma Gazetter 1925: 121
  9. ^ a b Mya Myintzu, et al 2020: 116, 120
  10. ^ Than Tun 1959: 121
  11. ^ Duroiselle 1920: 16
  12. ^ Konbaung Set Vol. 2 2004: 129
  13. ^ Hla Pe 2015: 183

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