Sokkate of Prome

Sokkate စုက္ကတေး
Governor of Prome
In office c. April 1413 – July 1413
Monarch	Minkhaung I
Preceded by	Letya Pyanchi
Succeeded by	Minye Kyawswa I
Governor-General of Sandoway
In office 1411–1412
Monarch	Minkhaung I
Succeeded by	Bya Paik
Personal details
Religion	Theravada Buddhism
Military service
Allegiance	Royal Ava Army
Years of service	1400s–26
Rank	Commander
Commands	Arakan (1411–12)
Battles/wars	Forty Years' War

Sokkate (Burmese: စုက္ကတေး [soʊʔ kə té]) was acting governor of Prome (Pyay) for three months in 1413.^{[note 1]} He was a commander in the Royal Ava Army, and temporarily assumed governorship of Prome after Gov. Letya Pyanchi of Prome died of wounds c. April 1413.^[1][2] Sokkate was succeeded by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, who became the governor-general of Prome.

Military service

Campaign	Location	Summary
Forty Years' War (1410−11)	Lower Burma	Part of the first invasion of Lower Burma by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa in 1410.
Forty Years' War (1411−12)	Arakan	Part of the invasion of Arakan in early 1411. Appointed by Minye Kyawswa to guard Sandoway (Thandwe).[3] Defended Sandoway against Hanthawaddy forces led by Gen. Bya Paik in the dry season of 1411–12 but Sandoway ultimately fell.[3][4] Retreated to Launggyet but soon had to leave the Arakanese capital as Ava troops lacked popular support.[5]
Ava Civil War (1426)	Ava (Inwa)	Part of King Min Nyo's defense forces of Ava against Gov. Thado of Mohnyin.[6]

Notes

1. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 34) says his term lasted seven months. But according to (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214), his term lasted just three months. It was another case of Burmese numerals ၃ (3) and ၇ (7) being mis-copied.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 15–16
2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 244
3. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 238
4. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003:
5. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 7–8
6. Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 60

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• 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.