Seindon Mibaya

Seindon Mibaya (Burmese: စိန်တုံးမိဖုရား; 1840 – 15 May 1905), known by her royal title, Thiri Pobba Yadana Dewi (Pali: Siripubbāratanadevī), was a senior queen consort of King Mindon during the Konbaung dynasty. Being a cousin of King Mindon, she was promoted to a Nanzwe Mibaya[note 1] and received the appanage of Seindon[note 2] when he ascended the throne.

Seindon Mibaya Siripubbāratanadevī
Myosa of Seindon
Born	Shin Thet 1840
Died	15 May 1905 (aged 65) Moulmein, British Burma
Spouse	Mindon Min
Issue	None
Regnal name Siripubbāratanadevī (သီရိပုဗ္ဗာရတနာဒေဝီ)
House	Konbaung
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Biography

Seindon Mibaya was born as Shin Thet in 1840 to parents Layoo Bo U Sai and Arla Kappa Myosa, the sister of King Mindon's mother, Chandra Mata Mahay. She has one younger sibling, Prince Tapal. She is also a cousin of King Mindon. She was granted the appanages of Salay and Talok Myo. She did not bear any issue.

In 1878, she was imprisoned for failing to provide a list of the gold, silver, and royal gifts given by King Mindon after his deification.[1] After the passing of King Mindon, to avoid the beset caused by Queen Hsinbyumashin faction in Upper Burma, she took refuge in Moulmein (now Mawlamyine), then British owned Lower Burma.[2] There, she established the Yadanabonmyint Monastery (ရတနာဘုံမြင့်ကျောင်း).[2] Later, she joined the Buddhist order of nun in Moulmein before she died on 15 May 1905.[3]

Notes

1. King Mindon created a special position called Nanzwe Mibaya for his four queens– Yinge Mibaya, Laungshe Mibaya, Magway Mibaya and Seindon Mibaya. It's between Nanya Mibaya (first rank) and Ahsaungya Mibaya (second rank).
2. Seindon was a circle-level territory, present-day it's near Sagaing Bridge.

References

1. J.P. Hardiman (1900). Gazetteer Of Upper Burma and the Shan States Part I Vol II. Rangoon: Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma.
2. "Ratana Bon Myint Monastery (or) Seindon Mibayar Kyaung (ရတနာဘုံမြင့်စိန်တုံးမိဘုရားကျောင်းတိုက်)". 2013-04-04. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
3. "Queen Sein Don's monastery patiently awaits rejuvenation". The Myanmar Times. 7 December 2018.

See also

• Konbaung dynasty
• List of Burmese consorts