Saw Hnit of Toungoo

Saw Hnit
စောနှစ်
Governor of Toungoo
Reign 1324 – 1325
Predecessor Thawun Nge
Successor Kayin Ba
Regent Saw Sala
Born c. 1310s
Toungoo (Taungoo)
Pinya Kingdom
Died 1325
Toungoo
Pinya Kingdom
Father Thawun Nge
Mother Saw Sala
Religion Theravada Buddhism
See Saw Hnit for the Viceroy of Pagan.
In Burmese names, Saw is an honorific, not a surname.

Saw Hnit (Burmese: စောနှစ်, pronounced: [sɔ́ n̥ɪʔ]; 1310s–1325) was governor of Toungoo from 1324 to 1325. He inherited the office after his father Thawun Nge's death in 1324. Because he was still a young adult, his mother Saw Sala ruled the Toungoo region, then a vassal state of Pinya. He was killed a year later during a coup organized by Chief Minister Kayin Ba, who had served under Toungoo rulers since 1279. Saw Sala escaped but died on the run near Taungdwingyi.[1]

References

  1. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 20−21

Bibliography

Saw Hnit of Toungoo
Born: c. 1310s Died: 1325
Royal titles
Preceded by
Thawun Nge
Governor of Toungoo
1324 – 1325
Succeeded by
Kayin Ba
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