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Saw Diga of Mye-Ne

Saw Diga (Burmese: စောဒီကာ, pronounced [sɔ́ dìgà]) was the father of King Mohnyin Thado of Ava.[1] He was a 14th-century governor of Mye-Ne (present-day Nyaung U in central Myanmar). His descendants became kings of Ava down to 1527.[2] He was also a nine-times great-grandfather of King Alaungpaya of the Konbaung dynasty.[3]

Saw Diga
စောဒီကာ
Governor of Mye Ne
Bornc. 1360s
SpouseSaw Pale of Nyaungyan
IssueMohnyin Thado
Nawrahta of Myedu
Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan
FatherMin Pale of Paukmyaing
MotherShwe Einthe of Paukmyaing
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
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In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a given name.

Ancestry

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The following is his ancestry according to the Alaungpaya Ayedawbon chronicle.[3] Note that his two times great-grandmother Pwa Gyi was a daughter of King Uzana of Pagan, and his two times great-grandfather Yanda Pyissi was a son of Yazathingyan, the chief minister of Pagan.

References

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  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61–62
  2. ^ Htin Aung 1967: 337
  3. ^ a b Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12

Bibliography

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  • Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.
  • Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein (ed.). Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Saw Diga of Mye-Ne
Born: c. 1360s Died:  ?
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