Letya Zeya Thingyan (Burmese: လက်ျာ ဇေယျ သင်္ကြန်, pronounced [lɛʔjà zèja̰ θɪ́ɴdʑàɴ]) was governor of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1408/09 to 1412.[1]

Letya Zeya Thingyan
လက်ျာ ဇေယျ သင်္ကြန်
Governor of Pyinzi
In office
c. April 1412 – May 1426
MonarchMinkhaung I
Preceded byNandathingyan
Succeeded byThihapate
Governor of Launggyet
In office
c. February 1411 – early 1412
MonarchMinkhaung I
Preceded byMin Saw Mon (as king of Launggyet)
Succeeded byMin Saw Mon (as king)
Governor of Toungoo
In office
1408/09–1412
MonarchMinkhaung I
Preceded byMin Nemi
Succeeded byThinkhaya I
Personal details
Born
Khin Nyo

c. 1350s
Died?
Military service
AllegianceAva Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Ava Army
RankCommander
CommandsLaunggyet Army

Brief

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Born Khin Nyo, he was a childhood tutor of King Minkhaung I of Ava. Minkhaung appointed him governor of Toungoo in 1408/09 to replace Min Nemi, who had just died.[2][3]

His appointment came at the height of the Forty Years' War against the Hanthawaddy Kingdom. He commanded the Toungoo Regiment in the 1410–1412 campaigns of the war. During the war in early 1411, he was appointed governor of Launggyet, the capital of Arakan.[4][5][6] He was driven out of Launggyet a year later by a Hanthawaddy army.[7][5][8][9]

At Ava, Minkhaung moved Letya to Pyinzi because the king was concerned that Letya was getting too old to be governor of Toungoo, a frontier town, during the war.[1] He lost his Pyinzi post in 1426 when the new king Mohnyin Thado appointed his son-in-law Thihapate governor of Pyinzi.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 26
  2. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 235
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 1
  4. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 28–29
  5. ^ a b Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 237–238
  6. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 5–6
  7. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 30
  8. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 6–7
  9. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 274
  10. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61

Bibliography

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  • Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • 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.
  • Pan Hla, Nai (2005) [1968]. Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing ed.). Yangon: Armanthit Sarpay.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
  • Sein Lwin Lay, Kahtika U (2006) [1968]. Min Taya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin (in Burmese) (2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Yan Aung Sarpay.
Letya Zeya Thingyan
Born: c. 1350s Died:  ?
Royal titles
Preceded by
Nandathingyan
Governor of Pyinzi
1412 – 1426
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Toungoo
1408/09 – 1412
Succeeded by