Min Yaza of Wun Zin

Min Yaza မင်းရာဇာ
Chief Minister
In office 1379/80–1421
Monarch	Swa Saw Ke (1379/80−1400) Tarabya (1400) Minkhaung I (1400–21)
Minister
In office 1369–1379/80
Monarch	Swa Saw Ke (1369−79/80)
Preceded by	Sitapyit the Elder
Personal details
Born	Nga Nyo 1347/48 c. 709 ME Wun Zin, Pinya Kingdom
Died	1421 (aged 73) early 783 ME Ava (Inwa), Kingdom of Ava
Spouse(s)	Me Chit Unnamed daughter of Pegu minister
Children	Sithu of Yamehtin Saw Ma Lay of Badon Saw Yin of Badon Governor of Yenantha
Profession	Government minister, writer
Military service
Nickname(s)	Po Yaza, Maung Okka
Allegiance	Kingdom of Ava
Service/branch	Royal Burmese Army
Rank	Commander

Min Yaza of Wun Zin (Burmese: ဝန်စင်း မင်းရာဇာ, pronounced [wùɴ zɪ́ɴ mɪ́ɴ jàzà]; also known as Po Yaza (ဘိုးရာဇာ, [pʰó jàzà]); 1347/48−1421) was chief minister of Ava from 1379/80 to 1421. He was the main adviser to three successive kings of Ava: Swa Saw Ke, Tarabya and Minkhaung I. Under his guidance, Ava made several attempts to restore the Pagan Empire, and methodically acquired its immediate surrounding Shan states between 1371 and 1406. By his death in 1421, he had advised his kings almost for the entire duration of the Forty Years' War (1385–1424) between Ava and Pegu.

The influential court treatise Zabu Kun-Cha, which includes Machiavellian political principles, and mentions several archaeologically known Pyu settlements unmentioned in other prior Burmese chronicles, is attributed to Min Yaza.

Yaza was born Nga Nyo (ငညို, [ŋə ɲò]) to Daw Chon (ဒေါ်ချုံ, [dɔ̀ tɕʰòʊ̯ɴ]) and her herbalist physician husband Saya Ohn (ဆရာ အုန်း, [sʰəjà ʔóʊ̯ɴ]) in 1347/48. His parents were athi commoners—those who did not live on royal land and paid substantial taxes but owed no regular military service. His zata or Burmese zodiac name was Maung Okka "Mr. Meteor" (မောင် ဥက္ကာ, [màʊ̯ɴ ʔoʊ̯ʔkà]) because a sizable meteor passed through the night he was born.

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