Tarabya of Ava

Tarabya
တရဖျား
Tarabya portrayed as the Mintara nat (spirit)
King of Ava
Reign December 1400 – July 1401 (6+ months)[1]
Predecessor Swasawke
Successor Minkhaung I
Consort Min Hla Myat[2]
Issue
Kale Kyetaungnyo
Min Hla Htut (daughter)
Full name
Thihathu
House Pinya
Father Swasawke
Mother Khamemi[2]
Born 1368 or 1369
730 ME (Friday born)
Died July 1401 (aged 32)
763 ME
Ava
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Tarabya (Burmese: တရဖျား, pronounced [təja̰pʰjá]; 1368–1401) was the third king of Ava. Tarabya was crown prince during his father King Swasawke's reign, and ascended to the throne in December 1400 (Natdaw, 762 ME).[1] But he was assassinated seven months into his rule by his one-time tutor, Nga Nauk Hsan, the governor of Tagaung. The ministers did not hand the throne to the usurper; they gave it to Minkhaung, Swasawke's son by a village maiden.[3]

One of his sons, Kale Kyetaungnyo, became the saopha (chief) of Kale in the Upper Chindwin region, and later king of Ava from 1426 and 1427.[4]

He entered the official pantheon of Burmese nats (spirits) as the Mintara nat.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Hmannan, pp. 436–438
  2. ^ a b Hmannan, p. 435
  3. ^ Htin Aung, p. 89
  4. ^ Htin Aung, pp. 93–94
  5. ^ Hla Thamein

References

Tarabya of Ava
Born: 1368 Died: c. July 1401
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Swasawke
King of Ava
December 1400 – July 1401
Succeeded by
Minkhaung I
Royal titles
Preceded by
Heir to the Burmese Throne
1368? – 1401
Succeeded by
Kale Kyetaungnyo