Saw Mya Kan of Pagan

Saw Mya Kan (Burmese: စောမြကန်}, pronounced [sɔ́ mja̰ gàɴ]) was a principal queen of King Sithu II of the Pagan Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma). She was the mother of King Htilominlo.[1]

Saw Mya Kan စောမြကန်
Queen of the Central Palace
Tenure	c. 1190s – 1211
Predecessor	Wadanthika
Successor	Saw Mi Pyan
Died	Pagan
Spouse	Sithu II
Issue	Htilominlo Saw Min Hla
House	Pagan
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Chronicles say that Htilominlo's mother was a daughter of a gardener, and not Queen Mya Kan.[2][3][4] But inscriptional evidence shows that Queen Mya Kan was the mother of Zeya Theinkha (personal name of Htilominlo) and Saw Min Hla.[1]

References

1. Than Tun 1964: 129
2. Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 212
3. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 134
4. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 317–318

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Than Tun (1964). Studies in Burmese History (in Burmese). 1. Yangon: Maha Dagon.