Myet-Hna Shay of Prome

Mingyi Myet-Hna Shay မင်းကြီး မျက်နှာရှည်
Governor of Prome
Reign	1377/78 – 1388/89
Predecessor	Saw Yan Naung (as viceroy)
Successor	Htihlaing
Born	c. 1340s Myinsaing Pinya Kingdom
Died	1388/89 750 ME Prome (Pyay) Ava Kingdom
House	Ava
Father	Shwe Nan Shin of Myinsaing
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Mingyi Myet-Hna Shay (Burmese: မင်းကြီး မျက်နှာရှည်, [mɪ́ɴdʑí mjɛʔn̥àʃè] or [mɪ́ɴdʑí mjɛʔn̥əʃè]) was viceroy of Prome (Pyay) from 1377/78 to 1388/89. He was appointed to succeed his paternal uncle Saw Yan Naung by his other paternal uncle King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. He fought in the Forty Years' War, commanding a naval contingent in Ava's disastrous 1387−88 campaign.^[1] He died about a year later.^{[note 1]}

Notes

1. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) says Myet-Hna Shay died in 750 ME (29 March 1388 to 28 March 1389). Furthermore, (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 427) notes that because Myet-Hna Shay was no longer alive in 751 ME (29 March 1389 to 29 March 1390), Swa appointed a new governor of Prome.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 422

Bibliography

• Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe (1st ed.); Kyaw Win and Thein Hlaing (2nd ed.), ed. Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.