| Nawrahta of Kanni | |
| Reign: | 1349 – 1364? |
| Succession: | Governor of Kanni |
| Succession1: | Governor of Pinle |
| Reign1: | 29 March 1344 – April 1349 |
| Predecessor1: | Kyawswa I (as Viceroy) |
| Successor1: | Min Letwe |
| Succession2: | Governor of Shisha |
| Reign2: | 7 February 1313 – 29 March 1344 |
| Suc-Type: | Successor |
| Issue: | Thettawshay of Dabayin |
| Father: | Thihathu |
| Mother: | Mi Saw U |
| Birth Date: | 1300s |
| Birth Place: | Pinle |
| Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Nawrahta of Kanni (Burmese: ကန်းနီ နော်ရထာ, in Burmese pronounced as /káɴnì nɔ̀jətʰà/; also spelled,[1] in Burmese pronounced as /kàɴnì nɔ̀jətʰà/) was a senior Myinsaing prince, who held important governorship positions in the rival Burmese-speaking kingdoms of Pinya and Sagaing. He was the youngest child of King Thihathu and his chief queen Mi Saw U, and the youngest brother of kings Uzana I and Kyawswa I of Pinya.[2]
Nawrahta was given the town of Shisha in fief on 7 February 1313 by Thihathu.[2] He remained loyal to his father's Pinya faction when the Myinsaing Kingdom split into Pinya and Sagaing kingdoms in 1315. He remained loyal to Pinya throughout the reigns of Uzana I and Sithu. On 29 March 1344,[3] Kyawswa I succeeded the Pinya throne and appointed his younger brother Nawrahta governor of the important city of Pinle, their ancestral base.[4] But two brothers became rivals, and in 1349,[5] Nawrahta fled west to Sagaing where his nephew Nawrahta Minye had just become king. Nawrahta Minye appointed Nawrahta governor of Kanni.[4]
All royal chronicles from Maha Yazawin (1724) onward identify Nawrahta of Kanni as an ancestor (maternal great-great-great grandfather) of King Bayinnaung of Toungoo Dynasty.[6]