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Mingyi Swa Saw Ke (Burmese: မင်းကြီး စွာစော်ကဲ, pronounced[mɪ́ɰ̃dʑíswàsɔ̀kɛ́]; also spelled စွာစောကဲ, Minkyiswasawke or Swasawke; 1330–1400) was king of Ava from 1367 to 1400. He reestablished central authority in Upper Myanmar (Burma) for the first time since the fall of the Pagan Empire in the 1280s. He essentially founded the Ava Kingdom that would dominate Upper Burma for the next two centuries.
When he was elected by the ministers to succeed King Thado Minbya, Swa took over a small kingdom barely three years old, and one that still faced several external and internal threats. In the north, he successfully fought off the Maw raids into Upper Burma, a longstanding problem since the waning days of Sagaing and Pinya kingdoms. He maintained friendly relations with Lan Na in the east, and Arakan in the west, placing his nominees on the Arakense throne between 1373 and 1385. In the south, he brought semi-independent kingdoms of Toungoo (Taungoo) and Prome (Pyay) firmly into Ava's orbit. But his attempts to extend control farther south touched off the first of the decades long wars between Ava and Pegu. After three defeats, Swa had to agree to a truce with King Razadarit of Pegu in 1391.
For the most part, his long reign was peaceful. In contrast to the short reigns by various kings since the fall of Pagan, Swa's 32-year reign brought much needed stability to Upper Burma. He redeveloped the economy of the kingdom by repairing the irrigation system, and reclaiming much of the arable land which had lapsed into wilderness for nearly a century as the result of the Mongol invasions and repeated Maw raids. Under Swa's leadership, Upper Burma centered in Ava, finally achieved stability it had lacked for much of the past hundred years.
^(Mani Yadanabon 2009: 35) Thursday, 12th waning of Tabaung 729 ME = Thursday, 16 March 1368
^(Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 402): New year's day of 730 ME = 29 March 1368
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of Burmese script. Shin Saw Gyi (Burmese: ရှင်စောကြီး, pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɴ sɔ́ dʑí]) was a chief queen consort of King SwaSawKe of Ava. She was also a principal...
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of Burmese script. Saw Omma (Burmese: စစ်ကိုင်း စောဥမ္မာ, pronounced [zəɡáɪɰ̃ sɔ́ òʊɴmà]) was a queen consort of King SwaSawKe of Ava. She was a granddaughter...
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symbols instead of Burmese script. Saw Beza (Burmese: စောဘေဇာ, pronounced [sɔ́ bèzà]) was a queen consort of King SwaSawKe of Ava. She was the mother of...
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instead of Burmese script. Saw Taw Oo (Burmese: စောတော်ဦး, pronounced [sɔ́ dɔ̀ ʔú]) was a queen consort of King SwaSawKe of Ava. She was the daughter...
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