Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan

Shin Myat Hla
ရှင်မြတ်လှ
Shin Myat Hla ; ရှင်မြတ်လှ
Duchess of Pakhan
Tenure	August 1426 – c. August 1429
Predecessor	Shin Saw Pu
Successor	Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan
Born	1380s; Nyaungyan? ; Ava Kingdom
Died	?; Ava Kingdom
Spouse	Thiri Zeya Thura of Pakhan
Issue	Thihapate of Mohnyin? ; Min Hla Nyet of Ava ; Thiri Zeya Thura of Taungdwin
Father	Saw Diga of Mye-Ne
Mother	Saw Pale of Nyaungyan
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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Shin Myat Hla (Burmese: ရှင်မြတ်လှ, pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɴ mjaʔ l̥a̰]) was Duchess of Pakhan from 1426 to c. 1434.^[1] She was the only sister of King Mohnyin Thado (r. 1426–1439), and the mother of Queen Min Hla Nyet of Ava.^[2] She had the same name as her sister-in-law Queen Shin Myat Hla of Ava.^{[note 1]}

Ancestry[edit]

Shin Myat Hla was descended from the Pinya and ultimately Pagan royal lines.

Ancestry of Shin Myat Hla

16. Min Pe Nge of Myittha

8. Yandathu of Lanbu

17. Khin Hpone

18. Uzana I of Pinya

9. Mway Medaw of Lanbu

20. Thihathu

10. (=26) Kyawswa I of Pinya

5. Shwe Einthe of Paukmyaing

23. unnamed

1. Myat Hla

24. Min Letya of Nyaungyan

12. Min Maha of Nyaungyan

6. Saw Mun Nit of Nyaungyan

26. (=10) Kyawswa I of Pinya

13. Saw Min Hla of Nyaungyan

7. unnamed

^ (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 61) gives the personal name of King Thado's only sister as Min Hla Myat. (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272) corrects the name as Shin Myat Hla, the same personal name as Thado's chief queen's. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 63) accepts Yazawin Thit's correction.

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