| Thilawa of Yamethin ရမည်းသင်း သီလဝ | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Yamethin | |
| Reign | c. 1351 – 1395/96 |
| Predecessor | Swa Saw Ke |
| Successor | Maha Pyauk |
| King | Kyawswa II (1351–59) Narathu (1359–64) Uzana II (1364) Thado Minbya (1364–67) Swa Saw Ke (1367–95) |
| Born | c. 1330 |
| Died | 1395/96 757 ME Yamethin |
| Spouse | Saw Pale |
| Issue | Min Hla Myat unnamed daughter |
| House | Pinya |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Thilawa (Burmese: သီလဝ, pronounced [θìləwa̰]; d. 1395/96) was governor of Yamethin in the late Pinya period and early Ava period of Myanmar. He is best remembered in Burmese history as someone who smiled only three times in his life. The taciturn governor refused the court's offer to become king in 1367, and instead became one of the four top commanders of the eventual king, Swa Saw Ke. He served in the war against the southern Hanthawaddy Kingdom between 1386 and 1391, and decisively defeated the 1392–93 invasion by the northern state of Mohnyin.