page_title: Minye Kyawhtin of Toungoo
section_title: Ruler of Pinle (1428–1445)
hierarchical_section_title: Minye Kyawhtin of Toungoo / Ruler of Pinle (1428–1445)
caption_attribution_description: English: Political map of Ava Kingdom and its neighbors circa 1440
context_page_description: Minye Kyawhtin was a pretender to the Ava throne from 1426 to 1459. The eldest son of Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, Minye Kyawhtin raised a long-running rebellion against King Mohnyin Thado and his successors, kings Minye Kyawswa I and Narapati I of Ava.
  Despite his claim to the throne, the prince found support only in one former vassal state, Onbaung. Except for a brief period in 1427–1428, his rebellion never posed a real threat to Ava. He did hold on to Pinle, a well-fortified outpost at the edge of the Ava capital region, until the mid-1440s. He was finally driven out in 1445, a year after Onbaung sided with Ava during the Chinese invasions of present-day northern Myanmar. He reemerged in 1452 by staging a successful coup against his cousin Gov. Minkhaung I of Toungoo, and gaining control of Ava's main vassal state in the southeast. Styled as "King of Toungoo", Kyawhtin ruled the southeastern region like a sovereign. He was assassinated by one of his men in 1459.
context_section_description: The campaign turned out to be the closest Kyawhtin came to capturing Ava. The prince would not be able to launch another serious campaign of any kind that threatened the capital. Still, with Onbaung's assistance, he was strong just enough to hold on to Pinle at the edge of the capital region until 1445.
caption: Minye Kyawhtin's Pinle was supported by Onbaung (Hsipaw/Thibaw). He later took over Yamethin in 1443.
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