Minbyauk Thihapate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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King of Sagaing Kingdom
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Place of Birth: Bagan, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
About Minbyauk Thihapate
- Thihapate of Sagaing (Burmese: ???????, [?ìha?p?t?]; also Minbyauk Thihapate, [m?´?bja?? ?ìha?p?t?]; 1305–1364) king of Sagaing from 1352 to 1364.
- He came to power by being married to the powerful Princess Soe Min Kodawgyi.
- He led Sagaing during the most tumultuous period of the kingdom (1356-64).
- Despite a brief period of alliance with Pinya (1357-59), Sagaing had to face near-annual raids by the northern Shan state of Mong Mao (Maw) on its own.
- He lost power in April 1364 when Maw Shan forces sacked Sagaing.
- He escaped capture but was soon put to death by his stepson Thado Minbya at Kya-Khat-Wa-Ya, south of Sagaing.
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