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Saw Diga of Mye-Ne

Saw Diga of Mye-Ne

Governor of Mye Ne

Saw Diga (Burmese: စောဒီကာ, pronounced [sɔ́ dìgà]) was the father of King Mohnyin Thado of Ava.[1] He was a 14th-century governor of Mye-Ne (present-day Nyaung U in central Myanmar). His descendants became kings of Ava down to 1527.[2] He was also a nine-times great-grandfather of King Alaungpaya of the Konbaung dynasty.[3]

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In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a given name.

Ancestry

The following is his ancestry according to the Alaungpaya Ayedawbon chronicle.[3] Note that his two times great-grandmother Pwa Gyi was a daughter of King Uzana of Pagan, and his two times great-grandfather Yanda Pyissi was a son of Yazathingyan, the chief minister of Pagan.

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References

  1. [1]
    Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61–62
  2. [2]
    Htin Aung 1967: 337
  3. [3]
    Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12

Bibliography

  • Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.
  • Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein (ed.). Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
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