Mohnyin Thado

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King of Ava

Historical FiguresLived 1379 to 1439 · aged 59

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Mohnyin Thado was king of Ava from 1426 to 1439. He is also known in Burmese history as Mohnyin Min Taya after his longtime tenure as the sawbwa of Mohnyin, a Shan-speaking frontier state. He founded the royal house of Mohnyin that would rule the kingdom until 1527.

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Ruins at present-day Inwa (Ava)

Political map of Myanmar c. 1450. The map in the first half of the century was similar except in Arakan which was disorganized until 1429. The nearer Shan states in light yellow, including Mohnyin, Mogaung, Thibaw (Hsipaw/Onbaung) and Nyaungshwe (Yawnghwe), were sometime tributaries of Ava during the first half of the 15th century.

Map representing Ming Chinese claims as of 1409, which included Mohnyin and large swaths of present-day northern and eastern Myanmar. The Ming court demanded Ava to leave Mohnyin, Bhamo and Kale in 1406, and when Ava failed to comply, began planning for war in 1409.[24]

Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, commander-in-chief of Ava forces (1410-1415)

King Thihathu

Remains of the outer walls of Ava today

A representation of the Mahagiri nat, to which Thado's soldiers sacrificed horses and cattle to honor their lord's accession to the Ava throne

Queen Shin Saw Pu, who fled from Ava and returned to her native Pegu in 1429

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ChildNarapati of Ava

ChildMinyekyawswa of Ava

Historical Figures born in the 1370s 6

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Mohnyin Thado

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Historical Figures born in the 1370s 6

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