Sokkate of Toungoo

Sokkate စုက္ကတေး
Governor of Toungoo
In office 1379/80–1383/84
Monarch	Swasawke
Preceded by	Pyanchi II
Succeeded by	Min Phaungga
Personal details
Died	1383/84 745 ME Toungoo (Taungoo)
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Sokkate of Toungoo (Burmese: စုက္ကတေး, [soʊʔ kə té]) governor of Toungoo from 1379/80 to 1383/84. He came to power by assassinating his brother-in-law Pyanchi II. Sokkate proved to be a tyrant, and lost his standing with Toungoo's overlord Ava. In 1383/84, he was assassinated by an Ava loyalist Min Phaungga.^[1][2]

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 164
2. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 24

Bibliography

• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Sein Lwin Lay, Kahtika U (1968). Mintaya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin (in Burmese) (2006, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Yan Aung Sarpay.