Honorific Prefix: | Smin |
Native Name: | သၟိင် သာံကြာယ် (also သၟိင် သာံကြာဲ) |
Native Name Lang: | mnw |
Allegiance: | Royal Hanthawaddy Armed Forces |
Branch: | Navy, Army |
Serviceyears: | by 1389–1413 |
Rank: | Commander |
Smin Than-Kye (mnw|သၟိင် သာံကြာယ် or သၟိင် သာံကြာဲ; my|သမိန် သံကြယ်, in Burmese pronounced as /θəmèiɴ θàɰ̃ dʑɛ̀/) was a Hanthawaddy military commander who fought in several campaigns of the Forty Years' War against Ava forces at least between 1389 and 1413. He is best remembered for his successful defense of Gu-Htut against much larger forces led by King Swa Saw Ke of Ava in 1390–1391.
The following is a list of military campaigns in which Than-Kye is explicitly mentioned in the royal chronicles as a commander.
width=10% | Campaign | width=5% | Duration | width=10% | Troops commanded[1] | width=30% | Notes |
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Hanthawaddy conquest of the Irrawaddy delta | 1389–1390 | ? | Co-commanded the Hanthawaddy force that occupied Gu-Htut.[2] | ||||
Battle of Gu-Htut | 1390–1391 | 5000 troops, 150 war boats | Overall commander of Gu-Htut Corps consisted 1 regiment and 4 naval squadrons.[3] [4] [5] [6] | ||||
Invasion of Ava | 1401–1402 | 1 flotilla | Commanded one of the 13 flotillas that invaded along the Irrawaddy[7] | ||||
Conquest of Arakan | March 1408 | One of two deputy commanders in 1st Division of the strike force[8] | |||||
Pursuit of Ava Army | August 1408 | Commanded a regiment in the 2nd army that pursued the retreating Ava forces.[9] [10] [11] | |||||
Battle of Khebaung | late 1410 | Successfully defended Fort Khebaung against Minye Kyawswa's forces[12] [13] [14] | |||||
Siege of Prome | late 1412 | 1 regiment | Commanded one of the eight regiments that laid siege to Prome[15] [16] [17] | ||||
Siege of Talezi | December 1412–March 1413 | 1 regiment | Commanded one of the eight regiments that defended Fort Talezi (across the river from Prome) against Minye Kyawswa's forces |