Thado Minbya founded the capital city of Ava in 1365, which would remain the country's capital for most of the following five centuries.
20 Facts About Thado Minbya
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Thado Minbya was succeeded by his brother-in-law Swa Saw Ke.
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Thado Minbya was born Rahula to Princess Soe Min Kodawgyi of Sagaing and Viceroy Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung in 1345.
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Thado Minbya's father died soon after the birth of Saw Omma.
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Thado Minbya's mother remarried to Thihapate, a grandnephew of Queen Pwa Saw of Pagan.
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The king reasoned that it was a suitable appointment as Thado Minbya's father had been the hereditary ruler of the garrison town.
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Thado Minbya led the defense of Tagaung but due to a great disparity in manpower as well as cavalry and elephants, the fort fell.
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Thado Minbya barely escaped, arriving at Sagaing on a single war elephant.
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Thado Minbya was promptly sent to prison by Thihapate for having lost Tagaung.
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Thado Minbya was imprisoned at Kya-Khat-Wa-Ya, a town on the Irrawaddy south of Sagaing.
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Thado Minbya was a mere one of the several "kings" who had declared themselves independent in the wake of the devastating invasion.
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Over at Sagaing, Thado Minbya managed to win over the Sagaing court, and reassembled Sagaing's military forces in the next two months.
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Thado Minbya ordered the execution of Uzana II, and declared himself king of Pinya while raising Saw Omma of Pinya, the chief queen of the last three Pinya kings, as his chief consort.
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Thado Minbya drained the swamps around the site, and built a new fortified capital.
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Thado Minbya gained a much needed respite as Maw Shan raids did not come down that dry season.
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Thado Minbya would spend the rest of his reign trying to consolidate all of Central Burma under his rule.
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Thado Minbya's decision was likely due to the threat of dry season raids by the Maw Shans.
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Thado Minbya's target was Sagu, capital of Minbu District, the third key granary of Upper Burma.
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Thado Minbya finally had to retreat as he received news that a Toungoo army led by Baya Kyawthu of Nganwegon was raiding the Kyaukse region.
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Thado Minbya needed to keep his dry season campaigns short.