Pazzawta of Prome

Pazzawta
ပဇ္ဇော်တ
Pazzawta ; ပဇ္ဇော်တ
Governor of Prome
	In office; c. 1288 – c. 1305
Monarchs	Kyawswa (1289−97) ; Athinkhaya, Yazathingyan and Thihathu (1297−1305)
Preceded by	Thihathu of Prome (as viceroy)
Succeeded by	Kyaswa
Personal details
Died	Prome (Pyay)

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Pazzawta (Burmese: ပဇ္ဇော်တ,^{[note 1]} [pəzɔ̀ta̰] or [pɪʔzɔ̀ta̰]) was governor of Prome (Pyay) from c. 1288 to 1305.^[1] He was chief minister of Viceroy Thihathu of Prome. According to the Yazawin Thit chronicle, Pazzawta became the de facto governor after Thihathu's death, and was later formally appointed governor by King Kyawswa of Pagan.^[1] Main chronicles do not mention him at all.^{[note 2]}

Notes[edit]

Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.

Royal titles
Pazzawta of Prome Myinsaing Kingdom
Preceded by Thihathu as viceroy	Governor of Prome c. 1288 – 1305	Succeeded by Kyaswa