Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk

Queen of Hanthawaddy
Thiri Yaza Dewi Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk
သီရိရာဇာဒေဝီ မွေ့မဂူသောက်
Queen of Hanthawaddy
Tenurec. 1350 – 2 January 1384
Bornc. 1330s
Byat-Laing, Martaban Kingdom
SpouseBinnya U (c. 1350?–1384)
IssueBaw Ngan-Mohn
HouseHanthawaddy Pegu
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
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Thiri Yaza Dewi Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk (Burmese: သီရိရာဇာဒေဝီ မွေ့မဂူသောက်, pronounced [θìɹḭ jàzà dèwì mwḛ mə gù θaʊ̯ʔ]) was a principal queen of King Binnya U of Hanthawaddy. She was the mother of Prince Baw Ngan-Mohn, the heir-apparent during the late reign of Binnya U.

Brief

According to the chronicle Razadarit Ayedawbon, she was a commoner village girl from the village of Byat-Laing, north of then capital Martaban (Mottama). One day, Binnya U was returning from an elephant hunting trip, and stopped by at Byat-Laing, and saw her. Taken by her beauty, the king made her his concubine. Her Mon language name Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk (or Hla Hteik-Khaung in Burmese) means "Epitome of Beauty".[1]

The king was extremely fond of her. She later became a queen with the title of Thiri Yaza Dewi.[2][note 1] She bore a son, Baw Ngan-Mohn, about two decades later.[3] The king was fond of Ngan-Mohn, and made him the heir-apparent of the kingdom, by 1382.[4] But she never became the Queen Mother. In 1384, Binnya U died, and Prince Binnya Nwe seized the throne with the help of the court. Nwe, now known as King Razadarit imprisoned Ngan-Mohn, and ordered him executed in 1389/90.[5]

She was also known as the Queen of Pegu because she donated a monastery at the Gu-Nin village near Pegu.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Her full title per Razadarit Ayedawbon (Pan Hla 2005: 62) was Thiri Yaza Dewi although she is usually referred to as Yaza Dewi elsewhere in the chronicle.

References

  1. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 44
  2. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 45, 47
  3. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 47–48
  4. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 64
  5. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 185
  6. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 62

Bibliography

  • Pan Hla, Nai (2005) [1968]. Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing ed.). Yangon: Armanthit Sarpay.
Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk
Royal titles
Preceded by
 Queen of Hanthawaddy
c. 1350 – 2 January 1384 		Succeeded by