According to the chronicle Razadarit Ayedawbon, she was a commoner village girl from the village of Byat-Laing, north of then capital Martaban (Mottama). One day, Binnya U was returning from an elephant hunting trip, and stopped by at Byat-Laing, and saw her. Taken by her beauty, the king made her his concubine. Her Mon language name Mwei Ma-Gu-Thauk (or Hla Hteik-Khaung in Burmese) means "Epitome of Beauty".[1]
The king was extremely fond of her. She later became a queen with the title of Thiri Yaza Dewi.[2][note 1] She bore a son, Baw Ngan-Mohn, about two decades later.[3] The king was fond of Ngan-Mohn, and made him the heir-apparent of the kingdom, by 1382.[4] But she never became the Queen Mother. In 1384, Binnya U died, and Prince Binnya Nwe seized the throne with the help of the court. Nwe, now known as King Razadarit imprisoned Ngan-Mohn, and ordered him executed in 1389/90.[5]
She was also known as the Queen of Pegu because she donated a monastery at the Gu-Nin village near Pegu.[6]
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^Her full title per Razadarit Ayedawbon (Pan Hla 2005: 62) was Thiri Yaza Dewi although she is usually referred to as Yaza Dewi elsewhere in the chronicle.
mwei, thauk, other, people, named, yaza, dewi, yaza, dewi, disambiguation, thiri, yaza, dewi, burmese, မဂ, pronounced, θìɹḭ, jàzà, dèwì, mwḛ, θaʊ, principal, queen, king, binnya, hanthawaddy, mother, prince, ngan, mohn, heir, apparent, during, late, reign, bin. For other people named Yaza Dewi see Yaza Dewi disambiguation Thiri Yaza Dewi Mwei Ma Gu Thauk Burmese သ ရ ရ ဇ ဒ ဝ မ မဂ သ က pronounced 8iɹḭ jaza dewi mwḛ me gu 8aʊ ʔ was a principal queen of King Binnya U of Hanthawaddy She was the mother of Prince Baw Ngan Mohn the heir apparent during the late reign of Binnya U Thiri Yaza Dewi Mwei Ma Gu Thauk သ ရ ရ ဇ ဒ ဝ မ မဂ သ က Queen of HanthawaddyTenurec 1350 2 January 1384Bornc 1330sByat Laing Martaban KingdomSpouseBinnya U c 1350 1384 IssueBaw Ngan MohnHouseHanthawaddy PeguReligionTheravada BuddhismThis article contains Burmese script Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Burmese script Contents 1 Brief 2 Notes 3 References 4 BibliographyBrief editAccording to the chronicle Razadarit Ayedawbon she was a commoner village girl from the village of Byat Laing north of then capital Martaban Mottama One day Binnya U was returning from an elephant hunting trip and stopped by at Byat Laing and saw her Taken by her beauty the king made her his concubine Her Mon language name Mwei Ma Gu Thauk or Hla Hteik Khaung in Burmese means Epitome of Beauty 1 The king was extremely fond of her She later became a queen with the title of Thiri Yaza Dewi 2 note 1 She bore a son Baw Ngan Mohn about two decades later 3 The king was fond of Ngan Mohn and made him the heir apparent of the kingdom by 1382 4 But she never became the Queen Mother In 1384 Binnya U died and Prince Binnya Nwe seized the throne with the help of the court Nwe now known as King Razadarit imprisoned Ngan Mohn and ordered him executed in 1389 90 5 She was also known as the Queen of Pegu because she donated a monastery at the Gu Nin village near Pegu 6 Notes edit Her full title per Razadarit Ayedawbon Pan Hla 2005 62 was Thiri Yaza Dewi although she is usually referred to as Yaza Dewi elsewhere in the chronicle References edit Pan Hla 2005 44 Pan Hla 2005 45 47 Pan Hla 2005 47 48 Pan Hla 2005 64 Pan Hla 2005 185 Pan Hla 2005 62Bibliography editPan Hla Nai 2005 1968 Razadarit Ayedawbon in Burmese 8th printing ed Yangon Armanthit Sarpay Mwei Ma Gu ThaukHanthawaddy DynastyRoyal titlesPreceded by Queen of Hanthawaddyc 1350 2 January 1384 Succeeded by Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mwei Ma Gu Thauk amp oldid 1173395803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
