Pazzawta of Prome

Pazzawta ပဇ္ဇော်တ
Governor of Toungoo
In office c. 1288 – c. 1305
Monarch	Kyawswa (1289−97) Athinkhaya, Yazathingyan and Thihathu (1297−1305)
Preceded by	Thihathu of Prome (as viceroy)
Succeeded by	Kyaswa
Personal details
Died	Toungoo (Taungoo)
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Pazzawta (Burmese: ပဇ္ဇော်တ,^{[note 1]} [pəzɔ̀ta̰] or [pɪʔzɔ̀ta̰]) was governor of Prome (Pyay) from c. 1288 to 1305.^[1] He was chief minister of Viceroy Thihathu of Prome. According to the Yazawin Thit chronicle, Pazzawta became the de facto governor after Thihathu's death, and was later formally appointed governor by King Kyawswa of Pagan.^[1] Main chronicles do not mention him at all.^{[note 2]}

Notes

1. from Pali "Pajjota"
2. See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) for Hmannan's list of Prome rulers.

References

1. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 326

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.