Pazzawta of Prome explained

Office:Governor of Prome
Term Start: 1288
Term End: 1305
Predecessor:Thihathu of Prome (as viceroy)
Successor:Kyaswa
Pazzawta
ပဇ္ဇော်တ
Death Place:Prome (Pyay)

Pazzawta (Burmese: ပဇ္ဇော်တ,[1] in Burmese pronounced as /pəzɔ̀ta̰/ or in Burmese pronounced as /pɪʔzɔ̀ta̰/) was governor of Prome (Pyay) from 1288 to 1305.[2] He was chief minister of Viceroy Thihathu of Prome. According to the Yazawin Thit chronicle, Pazzawta became the de facto governor after Thihathu's death, and was later formally appointed governor by King Kyawswa of Pagan.[2] Main chronicles do not mention him at all.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. from Pali "Pajjota"
  2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 326
  3. See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) for Hmannan's list of Prome rulers.