Ananda Pyissi

Ananda Pyissi အနန္တ ပစ္စည်း
Chief Minister-General
In office in or before 1271 – 1287
Monarch	Narathihapate
Personal details
Born	Ot-Hla c. 1240 Pagan (Bagan)
Died	1 July 1287 Prome (Pyay)
Military service
Allegiance	Pagan Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Burmese Army
Years of service	1259–87
Rank	Commander-in-chief
Battles/wars	Missagiri (1259–60) Mongol invasions (1277, 1283–85)

Ananda Pyissi (Burmese: အနန္တ ပစ္စည်း, pronounced [ʔənàɴda̰ pjɪʔsí]; also spelled Anantapyissi; c. 1240 – 1 July 1287) was a chief minister in the service of King Narathihapate of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). He was also the commander-in-chief of the Royal Burmese Army, and fought unsuccessfully against the first two Mongol invasions of Burma (1277–85). He led the initial ceasefire negotiations with the Mongols (1285–86). He reportedly was killed alongside the king in 1287 by Thihathu of Prome.

He was born c. 1240 to a senior official family in Pagan (Bagan). His father was Yazathingyan, then a minister (အမတ်) at the Pagan court, and his mother may have been Saw Khin Htut, a daughter of King Kyaswa of Pagan. He was the eldest son, and had three siblings: Yanda Pyissi, Saw San and Saw Soe. His personal name was originally Ot-Hla (အုတ်လှ); he later became known as Ot-Hla-Gyi (အုတ်လှကြီး) after his younger brother Ot-Hla-Nge (အုတ်လှငယ်) was born. The family grew up in Pagan where his father eventually rose to be the chief minister by 1248.

He and his younger brother both followed his father's footsteps, and by the late 1250s had entered the royal service. In 1259–60, both brothers accompanied their father, then commander-in-chief, on the second Missagiri campaign (in present-day Rakhine State). The campaign ended Missagiri's two-year-old rebellion but their father died on the return trip. Both brothers both vied to succeed their father's title Yazathingyan. The king refused but allowed them to serve at his court with the titles of Ananda Pyissi and Yanda Pyissi, respectively.

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