Smin Byat Za (Burmese: သမိန်ဗြာဇ္ဇ, Burmese pronunciation: [θəmèiɴ bjaʔ za̰]; also spelled in Burmese, သမိန်ဖြတ်စ, [θəmèiɴ pʰjaʔ sa̰]; d. 1413) was co-chief...
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Lagun Ein (section Byat Za's displeasure)
faltered, and Ava was on the offensive. Razadarit sent Byat Za with an army to meet the enemy, and Byat Za in turn assigned Lagun Ein to lead the vanguard regiment...
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unsuccessful. Pegu's new young king Razadarit aided by able commanders Byat Za, Dein Mani-Yut, Lagun Ein and Maha Thamun had defeated Ava's multiple invasions...
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appointed Than-Lan governor of Donwun with the princely title of Smin Byat Za. Laukpya's Irrawaddy delta was next. But Razadarit first needed to deal...
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Bassein (1408–1415) and Sittaung (1415–1420s). Along with his colleague Byat Za, Dein was instrumental in Razadarit's reunification campaigns of the Mon-speaking...
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and Byat Za to intercept Lauk Shein, forcing him to change course to Sandoway (Thandwe), 300 km (190 mi) northwest of Bassein, in Arakan. Byat Za followed...
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royal barge named Karaweik. His co-chief ministers and senior generals Byat Za and Dein Mani-Yut would accompany him. To defend his capital Pegu (Bago)...
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Yazawin and Hmannan chronicles mention only Razadarit, Dein Mani-Yut and Byat Za as commanders. The Razadarit Ayedawbon only says that a combined land and...
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apparently succeeded the title of Smin Bya Paik. The Razadarit gives Smin Byat-Hta-Baik. Chronicles report as follows: The Maha Yazawin gives 2 divisions...
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Razadarit's ascent to power. Though he lost the chief ministership to Byat Za and Dein Mani-Yut in 1388, Zeik-Bye continued to serve as a senior minister...
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were Smin Paik-Nye and Smin Maw-Khwin, respectively. It does not mention Byat Za (or Dein) as part of the expedition force in any capacity at all. The Maha...
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Vanguard Regiment Than-Byat 2nd Vanguard Regiment Sit-Laung 3rd Vanguard Regiment Smin Yawgarat 4th Vanguard Regiment Byat Za Royal Regiment King Razadarit...
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commander-in-chief, 1271–87 Khin Nyo: Pinya commander Thilawa: commander of Ava Kingdom Byat Za: commander-in-chief of Hanthawaddy Army during Ava - Hanthawaddy Forty...
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the Hanthawaddy command suddenly lost its two most senior generals: Gen. Byat Za (natural causes) and Gen. Lagun Ein (KIA). Shaken by the deaths, Razadarit...
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one of the three vanguard flotillas, under the overall command of Gen. Byat Za, that invaded the northern kingdom of Ava. His deputy commander was his...
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ministers. The other three were not explicitly named but they would have been Byat Za, Dein Mani-Yut and Zeik-Bye as mentioned in earlier parts of the chronicle...
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of Tari, and the previous interim governor Than Byat to be governor of Donwun with the title of Byat Za. By then, E Binnya had already resettled in his...
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of Bassein–Myaungmya Reign by 1364–1390 Predecessor unknown Successor Byat Za (as governor) Born c. 1320s Died 1390/91 752 ME Dagon Issue 70 children...
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253), Byat Za, Dein, Awa Naing, Zeik-Bye were the ones Razadarit consulted in 1408. Per (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 336), the ranking was: (1) Byat Za, (2)...
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negotiated the initial ceasefire with the Hanthawaddy delegation led by Gen. Byat Za at the border. (The eventual peace treaty was negotiated by Chief Minister...
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advocated for the continued siege of Prome (Pyay) while co-chief ministers Byat Za and Dein Mani-Yut favored withdrawing from the Prome front altogether....
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Sandoway's governor to take him in. But when the Hanthawaddy battalion led by Byat Za showed up soon after and laid siege to the town, the town's governor agreed...
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break the Hanthawaddy siege of Prome (Pyay). Initially driven back by Gen. Byat Za, and broke the siege only after Minkhaung arrived with 12,000 more men...
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1371–1388 Monarch Binnya U Preceded by Nai Swe Ban (as governor) Succeeded by Byat Za (as governor) Governor of Taikkala In office 1370/71 – by 1371 Monarch...
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Regiment Prince Binnya Set of Dagon Syriam Regiment Smin Awa Naing Hmawbi Regiment Smin Byat Za the Younger Royal Main Army at Pegu and Martaban Razadarit...
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built zayat soon after. Zawtayanta as well as Razadarit's senior ministers Byat Za and Dein Mani-Yut had to persuade the king to rescind the order to turn...
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Hanthawaddy command suddenly lost its two most senior generals. First, Gen. Byat Za, Razadarit's second-in-command, died after a long illness. Soon after,...
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2005: 283-284), the name Smin Bayan appears soon after the death of Gen. Byat Za (c. March 1413). But in the main chronicles (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012:...
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leadership of Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, and two senior Hanthawaddy commanders Byat Za and Lagun Ein had fallen. Ye-Thin-Yan was assigned to defend Khebaung,...
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of Prome (Pyay) by the Hanthawaddy army. Initially driven back by Gen. Byat Za, and broke the siege only after Minkhaung arrived with 12,000 more men...
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