Kyaswa of Prome explained

Kyaswa Burmese:
Reign:	1305 – 1344
Succession:	Viceroy of Prome
Predecessor:	Pazzawta (as governor)
Successor:	Saw Yan Naung (as governor)
Suc-Type:	Successor
House:	Pagan
Father:	Narathihapate
Mother:	Shin Mauk?^[1]
Birth Date:	1260s
Birth Place:	Pagan (Bagan)? Pagan Kingdom
Death Date:	1344
Death Place:	Prome (Pyay) Pinya Kingdom
Religion:	Theravada Buddhism

Kyaswa (Burmese: ကျစွာ, in Burmese pronounced as /tɕa̰zwà/) was viceroy of Prome (Pyay) from 1305 to 1344.^[2] He was a younger brother of the patricide governor Thihathu of Prome, and son of King Narathihapate of Pagan.^[3]

Bibliography

• Book: Kala, U . U Kala . . Ya-Pyei Publishing . Yangon . 1724 . 2006 . 4th printing . my . 1–3.
• Book: Maha Sithu . Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu . . Ya-Pyei Publishing . Yangon . 1798 . 2012 . 2nd printing . my . 1–3 . Kyaw Win . Thein Hlaing.
• Book: Royal Historical Commission of Burma . Royal Historical Commission of Burma . . 1–3 . 1832 . Yangon . my . 2003 . Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Than Tun . Than Tun . History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400 . Journal of Burma Research Society . December 1959 . XLII . II.

Notes and References

1. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) says Kyaswa was a younger brother of Thihathu of Prome. If he was a full brother, then his mother would be Shin Mauk. However, he could have been a half-brother.
2. Standard chronicles Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin are internally inconsistent. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) say that Kyaswa died, having been in office for 39 years, and was succeeded by Saw Yan Naung in 685 ME (29 March 1323 to 28 March 1324). But the chronicles (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 280) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403) themselves say that Yan Naung became governor of Prome after Kyawswa I of Pinya had become king in 704 ME (29 March 1342 to 28 March 1343). (Per contemporary inscriptional evidence (Than Tun 1959: 124), Kyawswa I became undisputed king on 29 March 1344. Thus Yan Naung most probably became governor only on or after 29 March 1344.)
3. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214