Prome Kingdom

Kingdom of Prome
ဒုတိယ သရေခေတ္တရာ
1482–1542
StatusKingdom
Vassal of Shan States (1532–1542)
CapitalProme (Pyay)
Common languagesBurmese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
GovernmentMonarchy
• 1482–1526
Thado Minsaw
• 1526–1532
Bayin Htwe
• 1532–1539
Narapati
• 1539–1542
Minkhaung
LegislatureHluttaw
History 
• Founding of Kingdom
1482
• War with Ava
1524–1525
1532
• War with Toungoo
1539–1542
• Fall of Kingdom
19 May 1542
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ava Kingdom
Toungoo dynasty

The Prome Kingdom (Burmese: ဒုတိယ သရေခေတ္တရာ နေပြည်တော်) was a kingdom that existed for six decades between 1482 and 1542 in present-day central Burma (Myanmar). Based out of the city of Prome (Pyay), the minor kingdom was one of the several statelets that broke away from the dominant Ava Kingdom in the late 15th century. Throughout the 1520s, Prome was an ally of the Confederation of Shan States, and together they raided Avan territory. After Ava fell to the Confederation armies in 1527, Prome itself became a tributary of the Confederation in 1532. In the late 1530s, Prome became ensnarled in the Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War (1534–1541). Despite military assistance from the Confederation and the Mrauk U Kingdom, the small kingdom fell to the Toungoo (Taungoo) forces in 1542.[1]

  1. ^ Harvey 1925: 157–158