Tharazein Mibaya Explained

Tharazein Mibaya
Succession:Mibaya of Myotha and Tharazein
Reign:1853 — 1878
Birth Date:1842
Birth Place:Amarapura
Death Date:c.1925 (aged 83)
Death Place:Rangoon, Burma
Consort:yes
Spouse:Mindon Min
Issue:Naungmon Princess
Ngayane Prince
Taingda Princess
Mainglon Princess
Regnal Name:Thiri Thu Nandar Mahe
House:Konbaung
Father:Shwe Kyi, Count of Kyakpadaung
Mother:Thakingyi

Thiri Thu Nandar Mahe, also known as Tharazein Mibaya (also spelt Tharasein Mibaya, my|သရစိမ်းမိဖုရား), was a queen of the fourth rank of King Mindon during the Konbaung dynasty.[1]

Life

Tharazein Mibaya was born to Shwe Kyi, Count of Kyaukpadaung, and his wife Thakhingyi. Her mother's first husband was Tharbyu, Count of Kanaung and Myanaung. They had two daughters, Limban Mibaya and Thetpan Mibaya, and so Tharazein Mibaya was a half-sister of Limban and Thetpan, in that they shared the same mother. When Mindon ascended the throne, she was selected as a fourth-rank queen with her half-sisters and received the appanage of and Tharazein[2] in 1853.

She escaped the massacre at Mandalay Palace of upward of 100 members of the royal family, following an edict by Hsinbyumashin that ordered the killing of almost all possible heirs to the throne. After the fall of the Konbaung dynasty, the British government deported Tharazein and her daughters to Rangoon on 28 February 1886.[3] [4]

Legacy

On 23 September 1944, Lancaster Road in Rangoon where she settled down was renamed Tharazein Road. It was later renamed Nawade Road in honor of Nawade.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arts (India) . National Centre for the Performing . The Art of Burma: New Studies . 1999 . Marg Publications . 978-81-85026-44-2 . 102 . en.
  2. Tharazein was a town, now a village between Sadaung and Wetlet.
  3. Book: Pichard . Pierre . Robinne . François . Etudes birmanes: en hommager=Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient . 1998 . 978-2-85539-608-8 . fr.
  4. Book: Myanmar Historical Commission Conference Proceedings: 12-14 January, 2005 . 2005 . Myanmar Historical Commission, Golden Jubilee Publication Committee . en.
  5. News: ရန်ကုန်က အီတာလျံရပ်ကွက်နဲ့ စူပရာမန်းနီးလမ်း . BBC News မြန်မာ . 2 August 2019 . my.