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Thray Thinkhaya of Pinle

For other people named Thinkhaya, see Thinkhaya (disambiguation).
  • Thray Thinkhaya
  • သရေ သင်္ခယာ
Governor of Pinle
Reign1386 – 1427
PredecessorMin Letwe
SuccessorMinye Kyawhtin (as king)
Monarch
Born?
Ava Kingdom
Died1427 or later
Ava Kingdom
Father?[a]
Mother?[a]
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Thray Thinkhaya (Burmese: သရေ သင်္ခယာ, pronounced [θəɹè θɪ̀ɰ̃kʰəjà]) was governor of Pinle from 1386 to 1427. He also served as a Royal Ava Army commander, and participated in the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391)[1] and the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1422–1423).[2] His governorship ended in late 1427 when the army of Prince Minye Kyawhtin captured the fortified town.[3][4]

Military service

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The following is a list of campaigns the governor participated in according to the royal chronicles.

Campaign Duration Troops commanded[note 1] Notes
Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391) 1386–1387 1 regiment (1000 troops) Commanded one of the two vanguard regiments that captured Hmawbi before being driven back a few months later[5][6]
Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391) 1390–1391 1 regiment (1000 troops) Part of the invasion army led by Crown Prince Tarabya that invaded the Sittaung front[7][1][8]
Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1422–1423) 1422–1423 1 regiment (1000 troops) Part of the invasion army commanded by Gov. Thado of Mohnyin[9][2][10]

The chronicles list Pinle as one of the 53[11] or 54[12] fortified towns in Ava's defense network during the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1401–1403). However, the town itself did not see any action during the war.[b]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The royal chronicles provide no information about his ancestry. However, since Pinle was one of the former royal capitals, Thray Thinkhaya most probably belonged to a powerful branch of the royal family.
  2. ^ Pinle was one of the "original eleven districts" (khayaing) since the Pagan period, and was well defended by high brick walls.[13]
  1. ^ Chronicle reported troop levels reduced by an order of magnitude per (Harvey 1925: 333–336)

References

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  1. ^ a b Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 202
  2. ^ a b Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 268
  3. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 275
  4. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 66
  5. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 198–199
  6. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 296
  7. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 301
  8. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 429–430
  9. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 58
  10. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 56
  11. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 446–447, 452
  12. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 311, 315
  13. ^ Aung-Thwin 2017: 93

Bibliography

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  • Aung-Thwin, Michael A. (2017). Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-6783-6.
  • Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Thray Thinkhaya of Pinle
Born: c. 1370s Died: 1427 or later
Preceded by Governor of Pinle
1386 – 1427 		Succeeded byas king