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Sanda Min Hla

Sanda Min Hla
စန္ဒာမင်းလှ
Chief queen consort of Hanthawaddy
Tenure April 1330 – 1348
Predecessor unknown
Successor Sanda Min Hla II
Chief queen consort of Hanthawaddy
Tenure September 1323 – April 1330
Predecessor May Hnin Htapi
Successor unknown
Born c. 1300s
Died 1363
Spouse Saw Zein (1323–30)
Saw E (1330)
Binnya E Law (1330–48)
Issue Binnya U
Full name
Hnin An Po နှင်းအံပို
Father Hkun Law
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Full name
Hnin An Po နှင်းအံပို

Sanda Min Hla (Burmese: စန္ဒာမင်းလှ, pronounced: [sàɴdà mɪ́ɴ l̥a̰]; died c. 1363) was the queen consort of three kings of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and the real palace power behind the throne. Her murder of her second husband King Saw E, grandson of king of Sukhothai provoked an invasion from Sukhothai. Her third husband King Binnya E Law, whom she placed on the throne, defeated the invasion, allowing the kingdom to achieve its independence from Sukhothai.

Like all Hanthawaddy royal family, Sanda Min Hla was of Shan and Mon descent. She was a daughter of King Hkun Law, and a niece of King Wareru, the founder of the dynasty. Her birth name was Hnin An Po (နှင်းအံပို; Burmese pronunciation: [n̥ɪ́ɴ ʔàɴ pò]). She was first married to her first cousin Saw Zein, whose mother Hnin U Yaing and her father Hkun Law were siblings. The marriage must been difficult for her as it was Saw Zein's father Min Bala that killed her father the king in 1311. (Min Bala and Hnin U Yaing placed their eldest son Saw O, Saw Zein's elder brother, on the throne).

Saw O died in 1323, and with Saw Zein's ascension to the throne, Sanda Min Hla herself became the chief queen. After Saw Zein died in 1330, she emerged as the king maker. When former court official Zein Pun seized the throne, she led the palace coup, and placed Saw E, nephew of Saw Zein and grandson of king of Sukhothai, on the throne. Though she was an aunt to the young king, she naturally made herself his chief queen. When Saw E spent more time with concubines, she poisoned Saw E. She anointed her half-brother Binnya E Law to the throne, and again made herself the chief queen.


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