Tala Mi Thiri

Tala Mi Thiri တလမည်သီရိ
Queen of Lan Na
Tenure	c. 1365 – c. 1371
Born	c. 1350 Martaban (Mottama)? Martaban Kingdom
Died	? Pegu (Bago) Hanthawaddy Kingdom
Spouse	Kue Na (c. 1365 – c. 1371) Smim Maru (c. 1372 – 1384)
House	Hanthawaddy Pegu
Father	Binnya U
Mother	Hnin An Daung
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Tala Mi Thiri (Burmese: တလမည်သီရိ, pronounced [təlɑ̯ mì θìɹḭ]; also တလမေသီရိ) was a princess of Martaban–Hanthawaddy Kingdom. She the eldest daughter of King Binnya U and elder half-sister of King Razadarit.

Her first marriage to King Kue Na of Lan Na from c. 1365 to c. 1371 ended in a divorce. Her second marriage to Smim Maru, a wealthy son of a court official, was marred by an alleged long-running affair between Maru and her aunt Princess Maha Dewi.

The princess was the only child of Queen Hnin An Daung and King Binnya U. Born in Martaban (Mottama), then capital of the Mon-speaking kingdom, she was the king's eldest child. She had three other much younger half-siblings: Binnya Nwe, Tala Mi Daw and Baw Ngan-Mohn.

Thiri's cloistered upbringing changed forever in 1363/64. That year, a coup pushed her father out of Martaban. The royal family moved to the dynasty's ancestral home Donwun, about 100 km north of Martaban. Her stay at Donwun was short. Her father sent her to Chiang Mai to wed King Kue Na of Lan Na. It was a marriage of state designed to achieve an alliance between the kingdoms but she had a terrible time. Soon after, she began reporting back to her family that she did not enjoy her life in Chiang Mai, and begged her family to get her back.

Her calls initially went unheeded. Binnya U was fighting for his survival. He was driven out of Donwun in 1369/70. By 1371, he was forced to accept to a truce with the rebel forces in which he agreed to pay the rebels in exchange for the rebels' nominal allegiance to him. Soon after she returned to her homeland but to Binnya U's new capital Pegu (Bago).

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