Sagaing Kingdom

Kingdom of Sagaing
စစ်ကိုင်း နေပြည်တော်
1315–1365
Sagaing Kingdom c. 1350
Sagaing Kingdom c. 1350
StatusKingdom
CapitalSagaing
Common languagesBurmese (official)
Shan
Religion
Theravada Buddhism, Ari Buddhism, animism
GovernmentMonarchy
• 1315–27
Saw Yun
• 1327–36
Tarabya I
• 1339–49
Kyaswa
• 1352–64
Thihapate
LegislatureHluttaw
Historical eraWarring states
7 February 1313
• Sagaing autonomy proclaimed
15 May 1315
• Secession from Pinya
1315–17 (de facto)
1325 (de jure)
1336–50s
• Maw raids
1356–64
• Maw Sack of Sagaing
April 1364
26 February 1365
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Pinya Kingdom
Ava Kingdom
Today part ofMyanmar

The Sagaing Kingdom (Burmese: စစ်ကိုင်း နေပြည်တော်, [zəɡáɪɰ̃ nèpjìdɔ̀]) was a small kingdom ruled by a junior branch of the Myinsaing dynasty from 1315 to 1365. Originally the northern province of Sagaing of the Pinya Kingdom, it became de facto independent after Prince Saw Yun successfully fought for autonomy from his father King Thihathu in 1315–17. Sagaing formally seceded from Pinya in 1325 after Thihathu's death.

The northern petty state stayed independent for the next four decades mainly due to Pinya's internal divisions. Sagaing itself was full of palace intrigues, and the court led by Nanda Pakyan came to control a string of weak monarchs from the mid-1330s to the 1350s. In the 1350s, Princess Soe Min successfully repaired Sagaing's long-strained relationship with Pinya in order to defend against the northern Shan state of Maw. Sagaing bore the brunt of repeated Maw invasions of Upper Myanmar (Burma) (1356–64). Maw forces broke through in 1364, sacking both capitals of Sagaing and Pinya in succession. In the wake of the latest Maw raid, Saw Yun's grandson Prince Thado Minbya seized both devastated capitals in 1364, and founded the Ava Kingdom in 1365.

Sagaing, like its bigger cousin Pinya, was a microcosm of the fractious small kingdoms period (1287–1555). The small kingdom is remembered in Burmese history as the polity that gave birth to Ava, the dominant power of Upper Myanmar from the 14th to 16th centuries.


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