Pawtugi Yazawin

Pawtugi Yazawin

Author	Father Ignacio de Brito and Johannes Moses (Baba Sheen)
Original title	ပေါ်တူဂီ ရာဇဝင်
Country	Kingdom of Burma
Language	Burmese
Series	Burmese chronicles
Genre	Chronicle, History
Publication date	early 19th century

Pawtugi Yazawin (Burmese: ပေါ်တူဂီ ရာဇဝင်) is a Burmese chronicle that covers the history of the Portuguese, especially their rule at Syriam (Thanlyin) from 1599 to 1613. The oral history was first compiled in the early 19th century by Father Ignacio de Brito and Johannes Moses (Baba Sheen).^{[1][note 1]} It was first published in 1918 in Yangon.^[2]

It is the first and only chronicle to claim that Natshinnaung converted to Roman Catholicism.^[1]

Notes

1. (Harvey 1925: xvi–xvii) speculates that the chronicle was "probably within a generation of De Brito's death (1613)."

References

1. Than Htut and Thaw Kaung 2003: 99
2. Than Htut and Thaw Kaung 2003: 105

Bibliography

• Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
• Than Htut, U; U Thaw Kaung (2003). "Myanmar Historical Fiction and Their Historical Context" (PDF). Manusya: Journal of Humanities (Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University) (3).