Min Maha of Prome

Min Maha (Burmese: မင်းမဟာ, [mɪ́ɴ məhà]) was governor of Prome (Pyay) from 1422 to 1429. He was a commander of the elephant corps in the Royal Ava Army before appointed to succeed his father-in-law Gov. Minye Kyawswa II of Prome.[note 1] In 1429, he was reappointed to be governor of Sagu by King Mohnyin Thado.[2]

Min Maha မင်းမဟာ
Governor of Sagu
In office 1429 – 1442?
Monarch	Mohnyin Min (1429–1439) Minye Kyawswa I (1439–42)
Preceded by	Thiri Zeya Kyawhtin
Succeeded by	Thinkhaya
Governor of Prome
In office 1422–1429
Monarch	Thihathu of Ava (1422–25) Min Hla (1425) Kale Min (1425–26) Mohnyin Min (1426–29)
Preceded by	Minye Kyawswa II
Succeeded by	Thihathu III
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Shin Yun[1]
Military service
Branch/service	Royal Ava Army
Unit	Elephant Corps
Battles/wars	Forty Years' War

Notes

1. Chronicles are inconsistent with their own reporting. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54) says King Thihathu of Ava replaced Gov. Minye Kyawswa II of Prome with Min Maha in late 783 ME (c. March 1422). But later the Summary of the Rulers of Prome section (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 215) says Min Maha was appointed in 787 ME. It is another case of Burmese numerals ၃ (3) and ၇ (7) being mis-copied.

References

1. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 264
2. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 69

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.