Shin Saw (, ; also known as Asaw (, )) was the chief wife of Prince Naratheinga Uzana of Pagan.Than Tun 1964: 134 Naratheinga is regarded by some historians such as G.H. Luce and Than Tun as a king that ruled Pagan although none of the Burmese chronicles mentions him as king.Htin Aung 1970: 43Than Tun 1964: 132 Some historians such as Htin Aung and Michael Aung-Thwin do not recognize Naratheinga as king.Aung-Thwin and Aung-Thwin 2012: 99
Her husband apparently had died on 19 July 1235 when her brother-in-law Kyaswa became king. She was still alive on 24 April 1241, according to a surviving stone inscription at a temple she donated.See the inscription at (Taw, Forchhammer 1899: 71). Taw and Forchhammer incorrectly identify her as Queen Pwa Saw, queen of Uzana and Narathihapate. They are wrong because: (1) the inscription clearly identifies her as the mother of Theingapati and Tarabya (Tarmun); and (2) Pwa Saw was born c. 1240. Per (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 234, footnote #1), Naratheinga Uzana did have another wife, who later became known as Pwa Saw; she was the second wife Saw Min Waing.
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