Thado Minbya သတိုးမင်းဖျား |
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King of Ava | |
Reign | 26 February 1365 – c. 3 September 1367 |
Predecessor | new office |
Successor | Swa Saw Ke |
King of Pinya | |
Reign | August/September 1364 – 26 February 1365 |
Predecessor | Uzana II of Pinya |
Successor | disestablished |
King of Sagaing | |
Reign | c. May 1364 – 26 February 1365 |
Predecessor | Thihapate of Sagaing |
Successor | disestablished |
Governor of Tagaung | |
Reign | 1360/61 – 1363/64 |
Predecessor | Thado Hsinhtein |
Successor | Thihapate of Tagaung |
Born | 7 December 1345 Wednesday, 13th waxing of Pyatho 707 ME Sagaing, Sagaing Kingdom |
Died |
c. 3 September 1367 (aged 21) c. Friday, 9th waxing of Tawthalin 729 ME Swegyo, Ava Kingdom |
Consort | Saw Omma |
Issue | none |
House | Sagaing |
Father | Thado Hsinhtein |
Mother | Soe Min Kodawgyi |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Thado Minbya (Burmese: သတိုးမင်းဖျား, pronounced: [ðədó mɪ́ɴbjá]; also Thadominbya; 7 December 1345 – c. 3 September 1367) was the founder of the Kingdom of Ava. In his three plus years of reign (1364–67), the king laid the foundation for the reunification of Central Burma, which had been split into Pinya and Sagaing kingdoms since 1315. He also founded the capital city of Ava (Inwa) in 1365, which would remain the country's capital for most of the following five centuries. The young king restored order in central Burma, and tried to stamp out corrupt Buddhist clergy. He died of smallpox while on a southern military expedition in September 1367.
The 21-year-old king left no heirs. He was succeeded by his brother-in-law Swa Saw Ke.
Thado Minbya was born Rahula to Princess Soe Min Kodawgyi of Sagaing and Viceroy Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung in 1345. From his mother's side, he was a grandson of King Saw Yun, the founder of the Sagaing Kingdom, and nephew of then reigning king Kyaswa as well as a great grandson of King Thihathu of Pinya and King Kyawswa of Pagan. From his father's side, he was descended from a line of hereditary rulers of Tagaung from the House of Thado. According to British colonial period scholarship, his father was an ethnic Shan and his mother was mostly Shan; however some have argued that no extant chronicle or archaeological evidence supports the conjecture. The prince had two younger sisters: Shin Saw Gyi and Saw Omma. His father died soon after the birth of Saw Omma. His mother remarried to Thihapate, a grandnephew of Queen Pwa Saw of Pagan. In 1352, Thihapate became king of Sagaing.