Mi Saw U

Mi Saw U မိစောဦး
Chief queen consort of Pinya
Tenure	7 February 1313 – c. February 1325
Predecessor	new office
Successor	Atula Maha Dhamma Dewi
Chief queen consort of Pinle
Tenure	17 December 1297 – 7 February 1313
Coronation	20 October 1309
Predecessor	new office
Successor	disestablished
Queen of the Central Palace of Pagan
Tenure	1290s – 17 December 1297
Predecessor	vacant
Successor	disestablished
Born	Pagan (Bagan)
Died	Pinya
Spouse	Kyawswa (1289–1297) Thihathu (1297–1325)
Issue	Uzana I Kyawswa I Nawrahta
House	Pagan
Father	Narathihapate
Mother	Shin Shwe[1]
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Mi Saw U (Burmese: မိစောဦး, pronounced: [mḭ sɔ́ ʔú]; also known as Min Saw U) was a Pagan princess, who was queen of two kings, Kyawswa of Pagan and Thihathu of Pinya, and mother of two kings, Uzana I of Pinya and Kyawswa I of Pinya.^[2] Saw U was a daughter of Narathihapate, the last sovereign king of Pagan. Married to her half-brother Kyawswa, Saw U was pregnant with Kyawswa's child (Uzana) in December 1297 when she was seized by Thihathu who had just overthrown Kyawswa. Thihathu raised Uzana as his own child and later selected him as heir apparent. Saw U also gave birth to Thihathu's child, also named Kyawswa.^[3] Both Uzana and Kyawswa went on to become kings of Pinya. Her youngest son Nawrahta defected to the Sagaing Kingdom c. 1349 after a disagreement with his brother Kyawswa.^[4]

References

1. Luce, Pe 1960: 179
2. Harvey 1925: 78–80
3. Htin Aung 1967: 71–79
4. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380

Bibliography

• Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
• Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.
• Luce, G.H.; Pe Maung Tin. The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma (1960 ed.). Rangoon University Press.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.