Sagaing Kingdom

The Sagaing kingdom (Burmese: စစ်ကိုင်းပြည်, [zəɡáɪɰ̃ nèpjìdɔ̀]), classical pali name Jeyyapura (ဇေယျပုရ, "Victorious City"), was a small kingdom ruled by a junior branch of the Myinsaing dynasty from 1315 to 1365. Originally the northern province of Sagaing of the Pinya kingdom, it became de facto independent after Prince Saw Yun successfully fought for autonomy from his father King Thihathu in 1315–17. Sagaing formally seceded from Pinya in 1325 after Thihathu's death. The northern petty state stayed independent for the next four decades mainly due to Pinya's internal divisions. Sagaing itself was full of palace intrigues, and the court led by Nanda Pakyan came to control a string of weak monarchs from the mid-1330s to the 1350s. In the 1350s, Princess.