Saw Pa Oh of Sagaing explained

Consort:	yes
Saw Pa Oh
Reign:	1340 – March 1349
Succession:	Queen consort of Sagaing
Predecessor:	unknown
Successor:	unknown
Suc-Type:	Successor
Spouse:	Kyaswa
Issue:	Saw Sala
House:	Pinya
Father:	Uzana I of Pinya
Birth Date:	1320s
Birth Place:	Pinya, Pinya Kingdom
Death Date:	?
Death Place:	Ava (Inwa), Ava Kingdom
Religion:	Theravada Buddhism

Saw Pa Oh (Burmese: စောပအို,^[1] in Burmese pronounced as /sɔ́ bə ʔò/) was a queen consort of King Kyaswa of Sagaing. She was a daughter of King Uzana I of Pinya. She and Kyaswa had at least one daughter named Saw Sala who became a queen of King Uzana II of Pinya.^[2]

Bibliography

• Book: Royal Historians of Burma . . c. 1680 . 1960 . U Hla Tin (Hla Thamein) . Historical Research Directorate of the Union of Burma.
• Book: Kala, U . U Kala . . Ya-Pyei Publishing . Yangon . 1724 . 2006, 4th printing . Burmese . 1–3.
• Book: Maha Sithu . Maha Sithu of Twinthin . . Ya-Pyei Publishing . Yangon . 1798 . 2012 . 2nd . Burmese . 1–3 . Kyaw Win . Thein Hlaing.
• Book: Royal Historical Commission of Burma . Royal Historical Commission of Burma . . 1–3 . 1832 . Yangon . Burmese . 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. Her name Saw Pa Oh (စောပအို) was not a typical name—royal, commoner or otherwise. As seen in (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 270) and (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 172), the name was a variant spelling of a village in Sagaing named Saw Put Oh (စောပွတ်အိုး) where King Saw Yun founded a hereditary cavalry battalion in 1318/19. Thus Saw Pa Oh may have been a title of the queen, signifying that she was given Saw Pa Oh in fief.
2. Than Tun 1959: 127