Mi U-Si

Thiri Maya Dewi Mi U-Si (Burmese: သီရိမာယာဒေဝီ မည်ဦးစည်, pronounced [θìɹḭ màjà dèwì mì ʔú sì][note 1]) was a principal queen of King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1392 to 1421.

Thiri Maya Dewi Mi U-Si သီရိမာယာဒေဝီ မည်ဦးစည်
Queen of the Central Palace of Hanthawaddy
Tenure	c. April 1392 – c. 1421
Predecessor	Thiri Yaza Dewi
Successor	unknown
Spouse	Razadarit
House	Hanthawaddy Pegu
Father	Saw Ye-Bein
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Brief

According to the Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, the queen was the youngest daughter of Saw Ye-Bein, a senior minister at the Hanthawaddy court. Her personal name was Mi U-Si (မည်ဦးစည်). She had two elder sisters Mwei Ohn-Naung and Mwei Auk[1] In April 1392, she became a senior queen of King Razadarit, with the title of Thiri Maya Dewi (Pali: Sirimāyādevī). Her two sisters were also raised as queens at the same ceremony.[1]

She and her sisters were first cousins once removed of the king. Their father was a first cousin of Razadarit. Their paternal grandfather Binnya Thein was a noble from Chiang Mai who after a disagreement with the king of Chiang Mai had sought refuge at the court of King Binnya U. Their paternal grandmother was Tala Saw Lun, a daughter of King Saw Zein.[2]

Ancestry

Ancestry of Queen Thiri Maya Dewi
8. unnamed 4. Binnya Thein of Chiang Mai 9. unnamed 2. Saw Ye-Bein 10. Saw Zein 5. Tala Saw Lun 11. unnamed 1. Mi U-Si 12. unnamed 6. unnamed 13. unnamed 3. unnamed 14. unnamed 7. unnamed 15. unnamed

Notes

1. In modern Burmese pronunciation, her name would be pronounced [mjì ʔú sì]. But the Mon name မည် has been transliterated as "Mi" [mì] (as in Tala Mi Daw).

References

1. Pan Hla 2005: 203
2. Pan Hla 2005: 204

Bibliography

• Pan Hla, Nai (1968). Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing, 2005 ed.). Yangon: Armanthit Sarpay.