Saw Hnit Burmese: စောနှစ် | |
Reign: | 1324 – 1325 |
Succession: | Governor of Toungoo |
Predecessor: | Thawun Nge |
Successor: | Kayin Ba |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Reg-Type: | Regent |
Regent: | Saw Sala |
Father: | Thawun Nge |
Mother: | Saw Sala |
Birth Date: | 1310s |
Birth Place: | Toungoo (Taungoo) Pinya Kingdom |
Death Date: | 1325 |
Death Place: | Toungoo Pinya Kingdom |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Saw Hnit (Burmese: စောနှစ်, in Burmese pronounced as /sɔ́ n̥ɪʔ/; 1310s–1325) was governor of Toungoo from 1324 to 1325. He inherited the office after his father Thawun Nge's death in 1324. Because he was still a young adult, his mother Saw Sala ruled the Toungoo region, then a vassal state of Pinya. He was killed a year later during a coup organized by Chief Minister Kayin Ba, who had served under Toungoo rulers since 1279. Saw Sala escaped but died on the run near Taungdwingyi.[1]