Pazzawta of Prome

Pazzawta
ပဇ္ဇော်တ
Governor of Prome
In office
c. 1288 – c. 1305
Monarch Kyawswa (1289−97)
Athinkhaya, Yazathingyan and Thihathu (1297−1305)
Preceded by Thihathu of Prome (as viceroy)
Succeeded by Kyaswa
Personal details
Died Prome (Pyay)

Pazzawta (Burmese: ပဇ္ဇော်တ,[note 1] [pəzɔ̀ta̰] or [pɪʔzɔ̀ta̰]) was governor of Prome (Pyay) from c. 1288 to 1305.[1] He was chief minister of Viceroy Thihathu of Prome. According to the Yazawin Thit chronicle, Pazzawta became the de facto governor after Thihathu's death, and was later formally appointed governor by King Kyawswa of Pagan.[1] Main chronicles do not mention him at all.[note 2]

Notes

  1. ↑ from Pali "Pajjota"
  2. ↑ See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) for Hmannan's list of Prome rulers.

References

  1. 1 2 Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 326

Bibliography

  • Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe (1st ed.); Kyaw Win and Thein Hlaing (2nd ed.), ed. Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Pazzawta of Prome
Royal titles
Preceded by
Thihathu
as viceroy		 Governor of Prome
c. 1288 – 1305		 Succeeded by
Kyaswa
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