Saw Yun

Athinhkaya Saw Yun was the founder of the Sagaing Kingdom of Myanmar (Burma). The eldest son of King Thihathu set up a rival kingdom in 1315 after Thihathu appointed Uzana I as heir-apparent. Saw Yun successfully resisted two small expeditions by Pinya by 1317. While Saw Yun nominally remained loyal to his father, he was the de facto king of the area roughly corresponding to present-day Sagaing Region and northern Mandalay Region.

Shwetaungtet

Thiri Thihathura Shwetaungtet was king of Sagaing from 1335/36 to 1339. He came to power by deposing his father Tarabya. He was assassinated three years later by the loyalists of his father

Minkhaung of Prome

Minkhaung of Prome was the last king of Prome, who reigned three tumultuous years from 1539 to 1542. He succeeded his brother Narapati in 1539. Minkhaung frantically prepared to defend against another attack by Toungoo Kingdom. He reinforced his already

Tarabya II of Sagaing

Tarabya II of Sagaing was king of Sagaing from 1349 to 1352. He reestablished peace with Sagaing's rival Pinya

Leik Munhtaw

Leik Munhtaw was the 14th king of the Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma for seven months in 1453–54. He came to power by assassinating his first cousin King Binnya Kyan. Binnya Kyan himself had come to power in 1451 by murdering his cousin King Binnya

Min Hla of Ava

Min Hla was king of Ava for three months in 1425. The eldest child of King Thihathu of Ava was only 8 when he was placed on the throne by the court, following the assassination of his father. The boy king too was assassinated three months later by Queen

Nawrahta Minye

Nawrahta Minye was king of Sagaing for seven months in 1349. He reversed his predecessor Kyaswa's policy of peace with Sagaing's cross-river rival Pinya although no war broke out. He was succeeded by his younger brother Tarabya II

Uzana II of Pinya

Uzana II of Pinya was king of Pinya for three months in 1364. He was merely a nominal king, and could not consolidate his power in the wake of the devastating raid by the northern Shan state of Mong Mao. He was overthrown in September 1364 by Thado Minbya

Dhamma Dewi of Ava

Dhamma Dewi of Pakhan was a principal queen of King Narapati II of Ava. She married the king in March 1502. She was the great grandmother of King Natshinnaung of Toungoo

Sithu of Pinya

Sithu of Pinya was regent of Pinya from 1340 to 1344. He is not mentioned in any of the royal chronicles. He only appears in a Pinya era inscription as "King" Myinsaing Sithu. Sithu, who according to the inscription succeeded Uzana I, may have been a

Andrei Simonov

Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov was a Russian Armed Forces major general serving as Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the 2nd Army of the Western Military District