Myet-Hna Shay of Prome

Mingyi Myet-Hna Shay မင်းကြီး မျက်နှာရှည်
Governor of Prome
Reign	1377/78 – 1389
Predecessor	Saw Yan Naung (as viceroy)
Successor	Htihlaing
Born	c. 1340s Myinsaing Pinya Kingdom
Died	c. February 1389 c. Tabaung 750 ME Prome (Pyay) Ava Kingdom
House	Ava
Father	Shwe Nan Shin of Myinsaing
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Mingyi Myet-Hna Shay (Burmese: မင်းကြီး မျက်နှာရှည်, [mɪ́ɴdʑí mjɛʔn̥àʃè] or [mɪ́ɴdʑí mjɛʔn̥əʃè]) was viceroy of Prome (Pyay) from 1377/78 to c. 1389. He was appointed to succeed his paternal uncle Saw Yan Naung by his other paternal uncle King Swasawke of Ava. He fought in the Forty Years' War, commanding a naval contingent in Ava's disastrous 1387−88 campaign.^[1] He apparently survived the campaign but died about a year later.^{[note 1]}

Notes

1. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) says Myet-Hna Shay died in 750 ME (29 March 1388 to 28 March 1389). Furthermore, (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 427) notes that because Myet-Hna Shay was no longer alive in 751 ME (29 March 1389 to 29 March 1390), Swasawke appointed a new governor of Prome. This means Myet-Hna Shay probably had died a few months earlier in late 750 ME, c. February/March 1389.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 422

Bibliography

• Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe (1st ed.); Kyaw Win and Thein Hlaing (2nd ed.), ed. Yazawin Thit (in Burmese) 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.