Saw Pa Oh of Sagaing

Saw Pa Oh (Burmese: စောပအို,[note 1] pronounced [sɔ́ bə ʔò]) was a queen consort of King Kyaswa of Sagaing. She was a daughter of King Uzana I of Pinya. She and Kyaswa had at least one daughter named Saw Sala who became a queen of King Uzana II of Pinya.[1]

Saw Pa Oh စောပအို
Queen consort of Sagaing
Tenure	c. 1340 – c. March 1349
Predecessor	unknown
Successor	unknown
Born	c. 1320s Pinya, Pinya Kingdom
Died	? Ava (Inwa), Ava Kingdom
Spouse	Kyaswa
Issue	Saw Sala
House	Pinya
Father	Uzana I of Pinya
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Notes

1. Her name Saw Pa Oh (စောပအို) was not a typical name—royal, commoner or otherwise. As seen in (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 270) and (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 172), the name was a variant spelling of a village in Sagaing named Saw Put Oh (စောပွတ်အိုး) where King Saw Yun founded a hereditary cavalry battalion in 1318/19. Thus Saw Pa Oh may have been a title of the queen, signifying that she was given Saw Pa Oh in fief.

References

1. Than Tun 1959: 127

Bibliography

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