Naratheinga Uzana

Naratheinga Uzana
နရသိင်္ဃ ဥဇနာ
Regent of Burma
Reign 1231? – 1235
Predecessor Htilominlo as King
Successor Kyaswa as King
Born in or before 1197
Pagan (Bagan)
Died July 1235
Pagan
Consort Shin Saw
Saw Min Waing
Issue Uzana[1]
House Pagan
Father Htilominlo
Mother Eindawthe
Religion Theravada Buddhism
In Burmese names, Saw is an honorific, not a surname.

Naratheinga Uzana (Burmese: နရသိင်္ဃ ဥဇနာ, pronounced: [nəɹa̰ θéiɴga̰]; also known as Naratheinkha Uzana; 1190s–1235) was the regent of Pagan from c. 1231 to 1235. He was crown prince prior to his regency. He is regarded by some historians G.H. Luce and Than Tun as king between 1231 and 1235 but others Htin Aung and Michael Aung-Thwin do not accept him as king.[2][3][4]

One contemporary stone inscription identifies him as the crown prince, and another identifies him as the king. Neither inscription provides any regnal dates but they were conjecturally dated c. 1230 or c. 1231 by Luce. Luce and Than Tun accept that he was king.[3] It is not universally accepted. Htin Aung does not accept Luce's proposed regnal dates; he argues that the fact that none of the chronicles identifies him as king shows that "his succession was disputed or officially unrecognized." According to Htin Aung, he may have been a pretender to the throne for a few months.[2] Aung-Thwin does not identify Naratheinga as king either.[note 1]

Notes

  1. See (Aung-Thwin and Aung-Thwin 2012: 99) and (Aung-Thwin 1985: 22).

References

  1. Than Tun 1964: 134
  2. 1 2 Htin Aung 1970: 43
  3. 1 2 Than Tun 1964: 131–132
  4. Aung-Thwin and Aung-Thwin 2012: 99

Bibliography

Naratheinga Uzana
Born: 1190s Died: 1235
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Htilominlo
Regent of Burma
1231?–1235
Succeeded by
Kyaswa
Royal titles
Preceded by
Htilominlo
Heir to the Burmese Throne
? – 1231?
Succeeded by
Kyaswa
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