Thihathu was born in 1265 to a prominent family in Myinsaing in Central Burma.
16 Facts About Thihathu
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Thihathu's father Theinkha Bo was a younger brother of the sawbwa of Binnaka, and had fled to Myinsaing after a dispute with his brother in 1260.
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Thihathu was the third child of the couple's four children.
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Thihathu had two elder brothers and a younger sister Hla Myat.
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Thihathu entered the royal service of King Narathihapate, following the footsteps of his elder brothers Athinkhaya and Yazathingyan.
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Thihathu was the most ambitious and least diplomatic, proclaiming himself hsinbyushin in 1295 and mingyi in 1296.
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In 1313, Thihathu moved his capital from Pinle to Pinya.
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Thihathu agreed to an inland location, a few miles east of Ava.
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Thihathu appointed Kyawswa, his first son by Mi Saw U, governor of Pinle.
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Thihathu agitated his father for a viceroyship in the north.
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At first, Thihathu dismissed the 16-year-old's thinly veiled insurrection, and did not take any action.
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Thihathu sent two small expeditions, each led by Uzana and Kyawswa respectively, to retake the city.
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Thihathu got both Toungoo and Taungdwin under control but essentially ceded control of northern Upper Burma to Saw Yun.
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Thihathu had to be satisfied with the arrangement although he must have known that Pinya and Sagaing would become bitter rivals after his death.
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Thihathu donated Anawrahta's heirlooms to the relic chamber of the Shwezigon Pagoda.
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Thihathu had three sons and one daughter as well as two stepsons by two principal queens, Mi Saw U and Yadanabon.