Shin Saw of Ava

In Burmese names, Shin is an honorific, not a surname.

Shin Saw ရှင်စော
Chief queen consort of Ava
Tenure	25 November 1400 – c. February 1422
Predecessor	Min Hla Myat
Successor	Saw Min Hla

Born	c. early 1380s Ava (Inwa)
Died	? Ava (Inwa)
Spouse	Minkhaung I (1400–22)
House	Ava
Father	Kyawswa?
Mother	Saw Myat Ke?
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Shin Saw (Burmese: ရှင်စော, [ʃɪ̀ɴ sɔ́]) was the chief queen consort of King Minkhaung I of Ava from 1400 to 1422. The royal chronicles identify her as Hsinbyushin ("lord of White Elephant").^[1]

Brief

Her stone inscription dated 28 February 1409 states that she was the chief queen consort of Minkhaung I, and that she was a granddaughter of King Swa Saw Ke and his two senior queens (Queen of the Southern Palace and the Queen of the Northern Palace).^[2] The inscription continues that the two queen grandmothers were sisters of King Thado Minbya,^[2] which means they were Shin Saw Gyi of Sagaing and Saw Omma of Sagaing. It also means her parents, who were not explicitly named neither in the inscription nor in the chronicles, were first cousins. If the list of children of her two grandmothers given in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle is accurate and complete,^{[note 1]} her parents were most probably Kyawswa and Saw Myat Ke.

Saw became the chief queen of Minkhaung I, her half-uncle, at his accession in 1400. Her two younger sisters Saw Khway and Min Pyan were also married to the new king. She had no children.^[1]

Notes

↑ Per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 436), Shin Saw Gyi had two children: Saw Myat Ke (daughter) and Saw Shwe Hnit (son). Saw Omma had a daughter named Saw Chantha who was married to someone named Uzana, and a son named Kyawswa.

References

1 2 Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 440
1 2 Than Tun 1959: 125–126

Bibliography

Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1829–1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II).

Royal titles
Shin Saw of Ava Ava Dynasty Born: c. 1380s
Preceded by Min Hla Myat	Chief queen consort of Ava 1400–1422	Succeeded by Saw Min Hla

Queens consort of Ava

Chief queens consort	Saw Omma I Khame Mi Shin Saw Gyi Min Hla Myat Shin Saw Saw Min Hla Shin Bo-Me Shin Myat Hla Min Hla Nyet Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi Salin Minthami (unknown)¹ (unknown)¹ (unknown)¹ (unknown)¹ Narapati Mibaya¹

Queens of the Northern Palace	Shin Saw Gyi Saw Omma II Saw Khway Shin Bo-Me Tanzaung Mibaya Salin Minthami Lat Min Taya Hnamadaw

Queens of the Central Palace	Saw Omma II Saw Taw Oo Min Pyan Shin Sawbu Dhamma Dewi

Queens of the Western Palace	Saw Taw Oo Shin Mi-Nauk Shin Bo-Me Taungdwin Mibaya

¹Queens of the Confederation of Shan States

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