Minye Kyawswa I of Ava
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His reign marked Ava's first attempt to forcefully reclaim the former vassal states that it had lost since the mid-1420s. As king, Minye Kyawswa implemented a more aggressive policy against the rebel
A representation of the Mahagiri nat, to which Thado's soldiers sacrificed horses and cattle to honor their lord's accession to the Ava throne in 1426
Minye Kyawhtin of Toungoo
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Minye Kyawhtin was a pretender to the Ava throne from 1426 to 1459. The eldest son of Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, Minye Kyawhtin raised a long-running rebellion against King Mohnyin Thado and his succ
Minye Kyawswa I of Ava
…got back to their respective regions. It was not an isolated incident. The crown prince could not get his father to take a harder stance against Prince Minye Kyawhtin either. Although the second-most senior prince of the previous dynasty had never renounced his claim to the Ava throne, and by 1427 had occupied Pinle…
Remains of the outer walls of Ava today
Onbaung, present day Hsipaw (Thibaw)
Governor Minkhaung I represented as a nat (spirit)