Saw Omma of Sagaing

For other people named Saw Omma, see Saw Omma (disambiguation).

Saw Omma of Sagaing စစ်ကိုင်း စောဥမ္မာ
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
Tenure	c. 1390s – April 1400
Predecessor	Shin Saw Gyi of Sagaing
Successor	Saw Khway of Ava
Queen of the Central Palace of Ava
Tenure	5 September 1367 – c. 1390s
Predecessor	new office
Successor	Saw Taw Oo of Sagaing
Born	c. 1349 Sagaing
Died	? Ava (Inwa)
Spouse	Swa Saw Ke
Issue	Saw Chantha[1] (daughter) Kyawswa (son)
Father	Thado Hsinhtein[note 1]
Mother	Soe Min Kodawgyi
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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

Saw Omma (Burmese: စစ်ကိုင်း စောဥမ္မာ, pronounced [zəɡáɪɰ̃ sɔ́ òʊɴmà]) was a queen consort of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Saw Yun, the founder of Sagaing Kingdom, and a sister of King Thado Minbya, the founder of Ava Kingdom. When Swa became king, Omma was first given the title of Queen of the Middle Palace and Sagaing in fief.[2] When her elder sister Shin Saw Gyi became the chief queen, Omma succeeded her sister as the Queen of the Northern Palace.[3]

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry according to Hmannan. She was descended from Pagan and Pinya royalty. Her paternal side is unreported except that her father was of the Tagaung royal line.[4]

Ancestry of Queen Saw Omma of Sagaing
8. Thado Kyaukshay 4. Thado Hsinlauk 9. 2. Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung 10. 5. 11. 1. Omma 12. Thihathu 6. Saw Yun 13. Yadanabon of Pinya 3. Soe Min Kodawgyi 14. Kyawswa of Pagan 7. Saw Hnaung of Sagaing 15. Saw Soe of Pagan

Notes

1. Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 392) say that her father's title was Thado Hsinhtein. According to an inscription dedicated on 26 June 1398 (Wednesday, 12th waxing of Waso 760 ME) per (Taw, Frorchhammer 1899: 164), her father's name is Athincha, Governor of Sagaing.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 436
2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 185
3. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 404
4. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 392

Bibliography

• Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Taw, Sein Ko; Emanuel Forchhammer (1899). Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava: Translation, with Notes. Archaeological Survey of India.

Saw Omma of Sagaing Ava Kingdom Born: c. 1349 Died: c. 15th century
Royal titles
Preceded by Shin Saw Gyi	Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava c. 1390s–1400	Succeeded by Saw Khway of Ava
New title	Queen of the Central Palace of Ava 1367–c. 1390s	Succeeded by Saw Taw Oo of Sagaing