Saw Yun

Saw Yun
အသင်္ခယာ စောယွမ်း
King of Sagaing
Reign15 May 1315 – 5 February 1327
PredecessorThihathu
SuccessorTarabya I
Bornc. 1299
Monday, 661 ME
Pinle, Myinsaing Kingdom
Died5 February 1327 (aged 27)
Thursday, Full moon of Tabaung 688 ME
Sagaing, Sagaing Kingdom
ConsortSaw Hnaung
IssueSoe Min
Kyaswa
Nawrahta Minye
Tarabya II
HouseMyinsaing
FatherThihathu
MotherYadanabon
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Athinhkaya Saw Yun (Burmese: အသင်္ခယာ စောယွမ်း [ʔəθɪ̀ɰ̃ kʰəjà sɔ́ jʊ́ɰ̃]; also spelled Sawyun; c. 1299 – 5 February 1327) was the founder of the Sagaing Kingdom of Myanmar (Burma). The eldest son of King Thihathu set up a rival kingdom in 1315 after Thihathu appointed Uzana I as heir-apparent.[1] Saw Yun successfully resisted two small expeditions by Pinya by 1317. While Saw Yun nominally remained loyal to his father, he was the de facto king of the area roughly corresponding to present-day Sagaing Region and northern Mandalay Region.[2]

After Thihathu's death, Sagaing and Pinya formally went separately ways. Saw Yun died in 1327.[3] Saw Yun had four children, three sons and a daughter. All of his sons became king of Sagaing. His only daughter was the mother of Thado Minbya, the founder of the Kingdom of Ava.

  1. ^ Phayre 1967:58–59
  2. ^ Htin Aung 1967: 71–79
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference tt-1959-126 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).