Nawrahta of Kanni

Nawrahta of Kanni
ကန်းနီ နော်ရထာ
Governor of Kanni
Reign1349 – 1364?
Governor of Pinle
Reign29 March 1344 – c. April 1349
PredecessorKyawswa I (as Viceroy)
SuccessorMin Letwe
Governor of Shisha
Reign7 February 1313 – 29 March 1344
Bornc. 1300s
Pinle
IssueThettawshay of Dabayin
FatherThihathu
MotherMi Saw U
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Nawrahta of Kanni (Burmese: ကန်းနီ နော်ရထာ,[1] pronounced [káɴnì nɔ̀jətʰà]; also spelled ကန္နီ နော်ရထာ,[2] [kàɴnì nɔ̀jətʰà]) was a senior Myinsaing prince, who held important governorship positions in the rival Burmese-speaking kingdoms of Pinya and Sagaing. He was the youngest child of King Thihathu and his chief queen Mi Saw U, and the youngest brother of kings Uzana I and Kyawswa I of Pinya.[3]

Nawrahta was given the town of Shisha (ရှိရှား) in fief on 7 February 1313 by Thihathu.[3] He remained loyal to his father's Pinya faction when the Myinsaing Kingdom split into Pinya and Sagaing kingdoms in 1315. He remained loyal to Pinya throughout the reigns of Uzana I and Sithu. On 29 March 1344,[note 1] Kyawswa I succeeded the Pinya throne and appointed his younger brother Nawrahta governor of the important city of Pinle, their ancestral base.[1] But two brothers became rivals, and in 1349,[note 2] Nawrahta fled west to Sagaing where his nephew Nawrahta Minye had just become king. Nawrahta Minye appointed Nawrahta governor of Kanni.[1]

All royal chronicles from Maha Yazawin (1724) onward identify Nawrahta of Kanni as an ancestor (maternal great-great-great grandfather) of King Bayinnaung of Toungoo Dynasty.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380
  2. ^ Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 247
  3. ^ a b Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 370–371
  4. ^ Thaw Kaung 2010: 118–119


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