Pwint-Hla-Oo Thihapate (, ) was governor of Taungdwin from the 1310s to . He was the father of Ava-period general Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung, and a great-grandfather of Queen Shin Bo-Me of Ava. He was also an ancestor of Queen Shin Myat Hla of Ava.
Brief According to the royal chronicles, Thihapate was governor of Taungdwin in 1317/18(Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 260): Six years after the founding of Pinya, Gov. Thawun Nge of Toungoo did not send tribute -- i.e. 1317/18. According to (Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 19–20), Thawun Nge assassinated Gov. Thawun Gyi , and seized the governorship of Toungoo. when nearby Toungoo (Taungoo) revolted. It was during the Toungoo rebellion that King Thihathu of Pinya wedded Thihapate to his daughter Saw Pale to retain Thihapate's support.
According to the Maha Yazawin chronicle, the couple had three children: Theinkhathu Saw Hnaung, Theinkhathu the younger, and Min Ogga.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 261 However, the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle mentions only Saw Hnaung.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372 Saw Hnaung later became governor of Sagu, and one of the leading generals in the service of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 435 Queen Shin Bo-Me of Ava was a great-granddaughter of Thihapate I of Taungdwin.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372
According to the Yazawin Thit and Hmannan chronicles, he was married to a daughter of Thettawshay of Myinsaing. Through this union, he was an ancestor of Queen Shin Myat Hla of Ava.
It is unclear as to when he died. The next mention of the governor of Taungdwin in the chronicles is in 1364 when Thihapate II of Taungdwin was one of the many southern Pinya governors that had refused to submit to the new king Thado Minbya.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 277Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 182Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 398
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