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Yazathingyan

d. c. 1312 · 14th century

Yazathingyan was the second of the three brothers who founded the Myinsaing regime in central Burma in the late 13th century. With Athinkhaya and Thihathu he governed the Kyaukse district, overthrew King Kyawswa of Pagan in 1297 and withstood a Yuan Mongol army in 1300 to 1301. After his death, around 1312, Thihathu ruled alone and founded the Pinya Kingdom.

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