Letya Pyanchi of Prome
| Letya Pyanchi လက်ျာပျံချီ | |
|---|---|
Theravada Buddhism |
Letya Pyanchi (
Ava commander in the Forty Years' War
against Hanthawaddy Pegu.
Brief
He was a
Ava
.
Kyin and his brother-in-law
Military service
All his campaigns were part of the Forty Years' War on the side of Ava.
| Campaign | Troops commanded | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1389−1390 | ? | Co-deputy commander of Bassein[6] |
| 1390−1391 | 1 regiment (1000 troops) | Part of the 17,000-strong river-borne invasion force that attacked Gu-Htut.[7] |
| 1401−1403 | unknown | Defended Prome from Hanthawaddy Pegu forces in the dry season of 1401–02. Led the 1402 counterattack that broke the siege that captured a daughter of King Razadarit.[8][9] Prome came under siege by Pegu forces again c. September 1402 until Ava forces defeated Pegu forces at the battle of Nawin outside of Prome on 26 December 1402.[10] |
| 1408 | 1 regiment | Part of the disastrous invasion that began at the outset of the rainy season.[11] Also commanded a regiment in the rearguard army in the retreat about four months after.[12] |
| 1410–1411 | 1 regiment | Commanded a regiment in the 7000-strong First Army that unsuccessfully tried to take the Irrawaddy delta.[13] |
| 1412–1413 | unknown (defense of Prome) 1 regiment (1413 invasion) |
Defended Hanthawaddy's siege of Prome for 4 months before Ava reinforcements broke the siege. |
Notes
- ^ (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 247): Pyanchi's wife Saw Min Hla was not Queen Saw Min Hla of the same era.
- ^ Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin chronicles are internally inconsistent. Their Summary of Rulers of Prome sections (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) say Pyanchi became governor in 755 ME (1393/94). But earlier, they also say that Pyanchi succeeded Myet-Hna Shay as governor in 751 ME (1389/90) after Razadarit's dry season campaign, which means the appointment most probably came in early 1390.
- ^ Chronicles are again inconsistent. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) say he died in 777 ME (1415/16). But according to their own narrative earlier, he died before Nayon 775 ME (30 April to 28 May 1413).
References
- ^ a b Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 299
- ^ a b Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 201
- ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 427
- ^ a b Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 15–16
- ^ a b Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 244
- ^ Fernquest 2006: 8
- ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 430
- ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 446–447, 456
- ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 213−214
- ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 219−220
- ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 229, 235
- ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 484
- ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 237
- ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 8–9
Bibliography
- Fernquest, Jon (Spring 2006). "Rajadhirat's Mask of Command: Military Leadership in Burma (c. 1384–1421)" (PDF). SBBR. 4 (1).
- Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
- Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
- Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.