Shin Saw Gyi of Sagaing
| Shin Saw Gyi ရှင်စောကြီး | |
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| Chief Queen Consort of Ava | |
| Reign | c. 1390s – April 1400 |
| Predecessor | Khame Mi |
| Successor | Min Hla Myat of Ava |
| Queen Consort of Ava | |
| Reign | 5 September 1367 – c. 1390s |
| Spouse | Swasawke |
| Issue |
Tarabya? Saw Myat Ke (daughter) Saw Swe Hnit (son) |
| Father | Thado Hsinhtein[note 1] |
| Mother | Soe Min Kodawgyi |
| Born |
c. 1347 Sagaing |
| Died |
after 1401[note 2] Ava (Inwa) |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
- In this Burmese name, Shin is an honorific.
Shin Saw Gyi (Burmese: ရှင်စောကြီး, pronounced: [ʃɪ̀ɴ sɔ́ dʑí]) was a chief queen consort of King Swasawke of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Sawyun, the founder of Sagaing Kingdom, and a sister of King Thadominbya, the founder of Ava Kingdom. She was originally a queen consort of Swasawke, and was given the title of Queen of the Northern Palace and Pinya in fief. She became the chief queen after Queen Khame Mi died, and became the Queen of the Southern Palace.[1][note 3]
The queen may also be the mother of King Tarabya, the successor of Swasawke. The Yazawin Thit chronicle, citing a contemporary inscription, states that Tarabya was also a child of Shin Saw Gyi. But the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle rejects it anyway, saying that it was contrary to the reporting by previous chronicles.[2] Hmannan recognizes only two children by her, Saw Myat Ke[note 4] and Saw Swe Hnit.[3]
Ancestry
The following is her ancestry according to Hmannan. She was descended from Pagan and Pinya royalty. Her paternal side is unreported except that her father was of the Tagaung royal line.[4]
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| 2. Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1. Saw Gyi | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. Thihathu | ||||||||||||||||
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| 13. Yadanabon of Pinya | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Soe Min Kodawgyi | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. Kyawswa of Pagan | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Saw Hnaung of Sagaing | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. Saw Soe of Pagan | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 392) say that her father's title was Thado Hsinhtein. According to an inscription dedicated on 26 June 1398 (Wednesday, 12th waxing of Waso 760 ME) per (Taw, Frorchhammer 1899: 164), her father's name is Athincha, Governor of Sagaing.
- ↑ (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 435): She was still alive in 763 ME (1401/02) according to a contemporary inscription.
- ↑ Per inscriptional evidence, Khame Mi was still alive on 18 December 1387 (Wed, 10th waxing of Pyatho 749 ME) per (Taw, Forchhammer 1899: 152), and Shin Saw Gyi was mentioned as the chief queen on 13 June 1398 (Wed, 12th waxing of Waso 760 ME) per (Taw, Forchhammer 1899: 164)
- ↑ (Taw, Frorchhammer 1899: 164): Saw Myat Ke died in 1398 for whom the king and the queen dedicated a monastery near Tada-U on 26 June 1398.
References
Bibliography
- Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
- Taw, Sein Ko; Emanuel Forchhammer (1899). Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava: Translation, with Notes. Archaeological Survey of India.
| Shin Saw Gyi of Sagaing Born: c. 1347 Died: c. 1400s | ||
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| Preceded by Khame Mi |
Chief Queen Consort of Ava c. 1370s–1400 |
Succeeded by Min Hla Myat |