Sokkate of Prome

Sokkate
စုက္ကတေး
Governor of Prome
In office
c. April 1413  July 1413
Monarch Minkhaung I
Preceded by Letya Pyanchi
Succeeded by Minye Kyawswa I
Governor-General of Sandoway
In office
1411–1412
Monarch Minkhaung I
Succeeded by Bya Paik
Personal details
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Military service
Allegiance Royal Ava Army
Years of service 1400s–26
Rank Commander
Commands Arakan (1411–12)
Battles/wars Forty Years' War
For other people named Sokkate, see Sokkate (disambiguation).

Sokkate (Burmese: စုက္ကတေး [soʊʔ kə té]) was acting governor of Prome (Pyay) for three months in 1413.[note 1] He was a commander in the Royal Ava Army, and temporarily assumed governorship of Prome after Gov. Letya Pyanchi of Prome died of wounds c. April 1413.[1][2] Sokkate was succeeded by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, who became the governor-general of Prome.

Military service

Campaign Location Summary
Forty Years' War (1410−11) Lower Burma Part of the first invasion of Lower Burma by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa in 1410.
Forty Years' War (1411−12) Arakan Part of the invasion of Arakan in early 1411. Appointed by Minye Kyawswa to guard Sandoway (Thandwe).[3] Defended Sandoway against Hanthawaddy forces led by Gen. Bya Paik in the dry season of 1411–12 but Sandoway ultimately fell.[3][4] Retreated to Launggyet but soon had to leave the Arakanese capital as Ava troops lacked popular support.[5]
Ava Civil War (1426) Ava (Inwa) Part of King Min Nyo's defense forces of Ava against Gov. Thado of Mohnyin.[6]

Notes

  1. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 34) says his term lasted seven months. But according to (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214), his term lasted just three months. It was another case of Burmese numerals ၃ (3) and ၇ (7) being mis-copied.

References

  1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 15–16
  2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 244
  3. 1 2 Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 238
  4. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003:
  5. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 7–8
  6. Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 60

Bibliography

Sokkate of Prome
Royal titles
Preceded by
Letya Pyanchi
Governor of Prome
c. April – July 1413
Succeeded by
Minye Kyawswa I
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