Saw Hnit (, ; also spelled စောနစ်, , Saw Nit or Min Lulin; 1283–1325) was a viceroy of Pagan (Bagan) from 1297 to 1325 under the suzerain of Myinsaing Kingdom in central Burma (Myanmar). He was a son of the Mongol vassal king Kyawswa, and a grandson of Narathihapate, the last sovereign king of Pagan dynasty. Saw Hnit succeeded as "king" after his father was forced to abdicate the throne by the three brothers of Myinsaing in December 1297.Than Tun 1959: 119–120
The brothers put him on the throne, officially styled as the king of Pagan, but essentially their viceroy.Coedès 1968: 210-211 His authority amounted to the region around the Pagan city.Htin Aung 1967: 65–71 The viceroy gave his first audience on 8 May 1299. He raised his father's chief queen Saw Thitmahti as his own chief queen.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 257 Two days later, the three brothers executed his brother Theingapati and his father Kyawswa.
King Swa Saw Ke of Ava (r. 1367–1400) was a grandnephew of Saw Hnit.
Dates Saw Hnit was a son of King Kyawswa. The table below lists the dates given by the four main chronicles.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 349
Chronicles Birth–Death Age Reign Length of reign Zatadawbon Yazawin 1285/86–1331/32 46 1300/01–1331/32 31 Maha Yazawin 1285/86–1322/23 37 1300/01–1322/23 22 Yazawin Thit 1279/80–1330/31 51 1298/99–1330/31 32 Hmannan Yazawin 1283/84–1325/26 42 1298/99–1325/26 27
Ancestry The following is the ancestry of Saw Hnit as reported by the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360, 402–403). He was descended from Pagan kings from both sides. His parents were second cousins, once removed.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360
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