Thihathu of Ava

Thihathu of Ava
ဆင်ဖြူရှင် သီဟသူ
Thihathu depicted as the Aung Pinle Hsinbyushin nat (spirit)
King of Ava
Reignc. October 1421 – August 1425
PredecessorMinkhaung I
SuccessorMin Hla
Heir to the Burmese Throne
Reign1416–1421
PredecessorMinye Kyawswa
SuccessorMin Hla
Governor of Prome
Reign1413–1416
PredecessorMinye Kyawswa
SuccessorSaw Shwe Khet
MonarchMinkhaung I
Governor of Sagaing
Reign1408–1413
PredecessorTheiddat
SuccessorYazathingyan
MonarchMinkhaung I
Bornc. 3 June 1394[note 1]
Wednesday, 6th waxing of First Waso 756 ME
Pyinzi
Ava Kingdom
DiedAugust 1425 (aged 31)
Tawthalin 787 ME
Aung Pinle
Ava Kingdom
Consort
(m. 1416)
(m. 1421)
(m. 1423)
Issue
HousePinya
FatherMinkhaung I
MotherShin Mi-Nauk
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Thihathu of Ava (Burmese: သီဟသူ, pronounced [θìha̰ðù]; also known as Aung Pinle Hsinbyushin Thihathu; 1394–1425) was king of Ava from 1421 to 1425. Though he opportunistically renewed the Forty Years' War with Hanthawaddy Pegu in 1422, Thihathu agreed to a peace treaty with Prince Binnya Ran in 1423. His subsequent marriage to Ran's sister Princess Shin Saw Pu helped keep the peace between the two kingdoms when Ran became king of Pegu in 1424.

Thihathu was assassinated in 1425 in a coup engineered by Queen Shin Bo-Me. He is remembered as the Aung Pinle Hsinbyushin (Burmese: အောင်ပင်လယ် ဆင်ဖြူရှင် [ʔàʊɴ bɪ̀ɴlɛ̀ sʰɪ̀ɴbjùʃɪ̀ɴ]; lit.'Lord of the White Elephant of Aung Pinle') nat in the pantheon of Burmese nat spirits.

  1. ^ Zata 1960: 74


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