Kyaswa of Sagaing
| Kyaswa of Sagaing စစ်ကိုင်း ကျစွာ |
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|---|---|
| King of Sagaing | |
| Reign | c. August 1339 – c. March 1349 |
| Predecessor | Anawrahta I |
| Successor | Anawrahta II |
| Chief Minister | Nanda Pakyan |
| Born | 9 April 1323 Saturday, 4th waxing of Kason 685 ME Sagaing, Sagaing Kingdom |
| Died |
c. March 1349 (aged 25) c. Late Tagu 710 ME Sagaing, Sagaing Kingdom |
| Consort | Saw Pa Oh |
| Issue | Saw Sala |
| House | Myinsaing |
| Father | Saw Yun |
| Mother | Saw Hnaung |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Kyaswa of Sagaing (Burmese: ကျစွာ, pronounced: [tɕa̰zwà]; also known as Kyawswa; 1323–1349) was king of Sagaing from 1339 to 1349. The eldest son of the founder of the kingdom Saw Yun (r. 1315−27) was placed on the throne by Chief Minister Nanda Pakyan who ran the country.
Kyaswa was born to Queen Saw Hnaung and King Saw Yun of Sagaing on 9 April 1323. He was the second of the couple's four children, and a grandson of kings Thihathu of Pinya and Kyawswa of Pagan. His father died in February 1327. Because Kyaswa, the eldest son, was not yet four years old, his half-uncle Tarabya I succeeded the throne, marrying Saw Hnaung as his chief queen. Though it is unclear if Tarabya ever planned to hand over the reins to Kyaswa when the latter became an adult, Kyaswa, as the eldest son of Saw Yun and as the eldest son of Tarabya's chief queen Saw Hnaung, was at least the heir presumptive.
The arrangement lasted until 1335/36 when Tarabya's own son Shwetaungtet overthrew his father and seized the throne. Fearing the life of her children, Saw Hnaung with the help of Chief Minister Nanda Pakyan sent the children (and Thado Hsinhtein, the husband of the eldest child Soe Min) to Mindon, deep inside Pinya's territory. For the next three years, Saw Hnaung, who may have even become a lover of Nanda Pakyan, kept bribing the powerful minister to keep quiet.
Then a series of events led Kyaswa to the throne. In 1339, Shwetaungtet, having discovered their whereabouts, came to Mindon with an expeditionary force, and brought them back to Sagaing. But upon return to the palace, loyalists of the deposed king Tarabya ambushed and killed Shwetaungtet although they were later defeated by the palace guards. Nanda Pakyan had Tarabya executed, and placed Kyaswa on the throne. Kyaswa took the reign name of Thiri Tri Bhawanaditya Pawara Dhamma Yaza at his accession.
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