Minbyauk Thihapate

Minbyauk Thihapate မင်းပြောက် သီဟပတေ့
King of Sagaing
Reign	12 February 1353 – April 1364
Coronation	12 February 1353 9th waxing of Tabaung 714 ME
Predecessor	Tarabya II
Successor	Thadominbya
Consort	Soe Min Kodawgyi
House	Myinsaing
Born	1309 671 ME (Saturday born)[1]
Died	April 1364 (aged 54) Kason 726 ME[1] Sagaing
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Minbyauk Thihapate (Burmese: မင်းပြောက် သီဟပတေ့, pronounced [mɪ́ɴbjauʔ θìha̰pətḛ]; 1309–1364) was the last king of Sagaing, who reigned from 1353 to 1364. In February 1353, Minbyauk ascended to the Sagaing throne after his brother-in-law King Tarabya II died. His claim to the throne was that he was married to Soe Min Kodawgyi, the daughter of Sawyun, founder of the kingdom.^[2]

Although a Shan chief himself, the last five years of his reign (1359–1364) were beset by repeated Shan raids from the north, principally from the Shan princely state of Mogaung.^[3] In the early 1360s, the king appointed his stepson Thadominbya (Sawyun's grandson) as governor of Tagaung at the border of Shan realm to stop the Shan raids.

In 1364, Mogaung in alliance with Sagaing's cross-river rival Pinya Kingdom attacked Sagaing's territories. (Actually, Mogaung did most of the fighting.) Mogaung's Shan raiders overran Tagaung and Thadominbya escaped with great difficulty. Minbyauk sent Thadominbya to prison for Thadominbya's failure to defend Tagaung. But Minbyauk himself fled Sagaing when the city was overrun by Mogaung forces later that year. After Mogaung raiders left Sagaing, the people of Sagaing rallied around Thadominbya, who put Minbyauk to death.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Sagaing Dynasty" (in Burmese). Hmannan Yazawin. 1 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar. 1829. p. 393. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur P. Phayre (1883). History of Burma (1967 ed.). London: Susil Gupta. pp. 61–62. 
3. ^ Maung Htin Aung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press. p. 78. 

Minbyauk Thihapate Myinsaing Dynasty Born: 1309 Died: April 1364
Regnal titles
Preceded by Tarabya II	King of Sagaing 12 February 1353 – April 1364	Succeeded by Thadominbya

Persondata
Name	Minbyauk Thihapate
Alternative names
Short description	King]] of Sagaing Kingdom
Date of birth	1309
Place of birth
Date of death	April 1364
Place of death	Sagaing