Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan

For other people named Shin Myat Hla, see Shin Myat Hla (disambiguation).

Shin Myat Hla ရှင်မြတ်လှ
Duchess of Pakhan
Tenure	August 1426 – c. August 1429
Predecessor	Shin Saw Pu
Successor	Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan
Born	1380s Nyaungyan? Ava Kingdom
Died	? Ava Kingdom
Spouse	Thiri Zeya Thura of Pakhan
Issue	Thihapate of Mohnyin? Min Hla Nyet of Ava Thiri Zeya Thura of Taungdwin
Father	Saw Diga of Mye-Ne
Mother	Saw Pale of Nyaungyan
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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

Shin Myat Hla (Burmese: ရှင်မြတ်လှ, pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɴ mjaʔ l̥a̰]) was Duchess of Pakhan from 1426 to c. 1434.[1] She was the only sister of King Mohnyin Thado (r. 1426–1439), and the mother of Queen Min Hla Nyet of Ava.[2] She had the same name as her sister-in-law Queen Shin Myat Hla of Ava.[note 1]

Ancestry

Shin Myat Hla was descended from the Pinya and ultimately Pagan royal lines.

Ancestry of Shin Myat Hla

16. Min Pe Nge of Myittha 8. Yandathu of Lanbu 17. Khin Hpone 4. Min Pale of Paukmyaing 18. Uzana I of Pinya 9. Mway Medaw of Lanbu 19. Atula Maha Dhamma Dewi of Pinya 2. Saw Diga of Mye-Ne 20. Thihathu 10. (=26) Kyawswa I of Pinya 21. Mi Saw U 5. Shwe Einthe of Paukmyaing 22. Saw Hnit of Pagan 11. Atula Sanda Dewi of Pinya 23. unnamed 1. Myat Hla 24. Min Letya of Nyaungyan 12. Min Maha of Nyaungyan 6. Saw Mun Nit of Nyaungyan 26. (=10) Kyawswa I of Pinya 13. Saw Min Hla of Nyaungyan 27. Mway Medaw of Pinya 3. Saw Pale of Nyaungyan 7. unnamed

Notes

1. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 61) gives the personal name of King Thado's only sister as Min Hla Myat. (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272) corrects the name as Shin Myat Hla, the same personal name as Thado's chief queen's. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 63) accepts Yazawin Thit's correction.

References

1. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 274, 277
2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272

Bibliography

• Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.