Sithu of Pinya explained

Type:monarch
Sithu
စည်သူ
Reign:1 September 1340 – 29 March 1344
Succession:Regent of Pinya
Predecessor:Uzana I of Pinya
Successor:Kyawswa I
Suc-Type:Successor
Succession1:Viceroy of Myinsaing
Reign1: – 29 March 1344
Predecessor1:Yazathingyan
Successor1:Shwe Nan Shin
Spouse:Saw Htut
Issue:Saw Gyi (daughter)
Saw Einthe (daughter)
House:Myinsaing
Father:Narathihapate
Mother:Shin Shwe
Birth Date: early 1280s
Birth Place:Pagan (Bagan)
Death Date:1344
Death Place:Pinya
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Sithu of Pinya (Burmese: စည်သူ, in Burmese pronounced as /sìðù/; also known as Myinsaing Sithu) was regent of Pinya from 1340 to 1344.[1] He is not mentioned in any of the royal chronicles. He only appears in a Pinya era inscription as "King" Myinsaing Sithu. Sithu, who according to the inscription succeeded Uzana I, may have been a caretaker for his nephew and son-in-law Kyawswa I of Pinya. Sithu's elder daughter Saw Gyi was married to Kyawswa I.[1] At least one contemporary inscription donated by Kyawswa I's chief consort on 17 June 1342 disputes Sithu's claim, saying that Kyawswa I was already king.[2]

The king was likely Kyawswa I's maternal uncle since Kyawswa I's father Thihathu had only two brothers, Athinkhaya and Yazathingyan, both of whom had already died.

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Notes and References

  1. Than Tun 1959: 124
  2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 166