Shwe Nan Shin of Myinsaing

Shwe Nan Shin
Governor of Myinsaing
Reign	c. 1344 – c. 1390
Predecessor	Sithu
Successor	Thray Sithu
Born	in or before 1322 in or before 684 ME Thayet Pinya Kingdom
Died	in or before November 1390 in or before 750 ME Myinsaing Ava Kingdom
Issue	Myet-Hna Shay
House	Pinya
Father	Min Shin Saw of Thayet
Mother	Shin Myat Hla of Prome
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Shwe Nan Shin (Burmese: ရွှေနန်းရှင်, pronounced: [ʃwè náɴ ʃɪ̀ɴ]) was governor of Myinsaing from c. 1344 to c. 1390. He was the eldest sibling of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. He became governor of Myinsaing c. 1344 during the Pinya period.^{[note 1]} He likely died in or before 1390.^{[note 2]}

Ancestry

Shwe Nan Shin was descended from the Pagan royalty from both sides, and was a grandnephew of King Thihathu of Pinya.

Ancestry of Shwe Nan Shin of Myinsaing

8. Narathihapate                       4. Kyawswa of Pagan                             9. Shin Hpa of Pagan                       2. Min Shin Saw of Thayet                                   10. Yazathingyan of Pagan                       5. Saw Soe of Pagan                             11. Saw Khin Htut of Pagan                       1. Shwe Nan Shin                                         12. Narathihapate                       6. Thihathu of Prome                             13. Shin Mauk of Pagan                       3. Shin Myat Hla of Prome                                   14. Theinkha Bo                       7. Atula Dewi of Prome                             15. Lady Myinsaing

Notes

1. Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403) say that he was appointed governor in 704 ME (29 March 1342 to 28 March 1343) by King Uzana I of Pinya. But the Arakanese chronicle Rakhine Razawin Thit (Sandamala Linkara Vol. 1 1999: 181) says the family of Min Shin Saw left Launggyet for Pinya in 705 ME (29 March 1343 to 28 March 1344). According to a contemporary inscription, (Than Tun 1959: 124), Kyawswa I of Pinya took over the kingdom from then regent Sithu, also viceroy of Myinsaing.
2. Chronicles do not explicitly say when he died. (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 429) lists Thray Sithu, governor of Myinsaing, in the 1390−91 dry season campaign in the Forty Years' War. This means Shwe Nan Shin had most probably died by November 1390.

References

Bibliography

• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Razawin Thit (in Burmese). 1–2 (1997–1999 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.
• Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II).