Saw Thanda

Saw Thanda Dewi (Burmese: စောသန္တာဒေဝီ [sɔ́ θàɴdà dèwì]) was queen consort to four consecutive of kings of Arakan. She was the chief queen of King Dikkha (r. 1554–56). She later became queen to King Saw Hla (r. 1556–64) and King Sekkya (1564–72), both of whom were her step-sons, and later to King Phalaung (r. 1572–93).^[1]

Saw Thanda စောသန္တာ
Queen of the Southern Palace
Tenure	7 February 1572 – 4 July 1593
Predecessor	herself (as chief queen)
Successor	Wizala Dewi (as chief queen)
Chief queen consort of Arakan
Tenure	c. 1566/67 – 7 February 1572
Predecessor	Dhamma Dewi I
Successor	Saw Mi Taw
Queen of the Northern Palace of Arakan
Tenure	6 March 1556 – c. 1566/67
Predecessor	Saw Mi Lat
Successor	Saw U
Chief queen consort of Arakan
Tenure	11 January 1554 – 6 March 1556
Predecessor	Saw Min Hla
Successor	Saw Hpone Htut
Born	Ngwe Nu-Phru ငွေနုဖြူ c. 1530s Mrauk-U
Died	1590s? Mrauk-U
Spouse	Dikkha (c. 1550s–56) Saw Hla (1556–64) Sekkya (1564–72) Phalaung (1572–93)
Names Poe War Minthamee Saw Thanda Dèwi Ngwe Nu Phru ပိုးဝါမင်းသမီး စောသန္တာ​ဒေဝီ ငွေနုဖြူ
House	Saw Mon
Father	Min Bin
Mother	Saw Min Hla
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

References

1. Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 46–48

Bibliography

• Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931). Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 1–2 (1997–1999 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay.

Saw Thanda Mrauk-U Kingdom
Royal titles
Preceded by herself as chief queen	Queen of the Southern Palace 7 February 1572 – 4 July 1593	Succeeded by Wizala Dewi as chief queen
Preceded by Dhamma Dewi I	Chief queen consort of Arakan c. 1566/67 – 7 February 1572	Succeeded by Saw Mi Taw
Preceded by Saw Mi Lat	Queen of the Northern Palace of Arakan 6 March 1556 – c. 1566/67	Succeeded by Saw U
Preceded by Saw Min Hla	Chief queen consort of Arakan 11 January 1554 – 6 March 1556	Succeeded by Saw Hpone Htut