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Swasawke ((ビルマ語:စွာစော်ကဲ), ; 1330–1400; also Mingyi Tarabya Swasawke) was king of Ava from 1367 to 1400. When he was elected by the ministers to succeed King Thadominbya who left no heir, Swasawke took over a kingdom that was barely three years old, and still faced external and internal threats. By the end of his long reign, Swasake had successfully cemented Ava's authority in Upper Burma. In the north, he successfully fought off the Shan raids into Upper Burma, a longstanding problem since the days of Sagaing and Pinya kingdoms. He maintained friendly relations with Lan Na Kingdom in the east, and Launggyet Kingdom of Arakan in the west. In the south, he brought semi-independent kingdoms of Toungoo (Taungoo) and Prome (Pyay) firmly into Ava's orbit. But his attempts to extend control farther south were unsuccessful. His invasions of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom (Pegu/Bago) touched off the Forty Years' War (1385–1424) between Ava and Pegu. Swasawke and King Razadarit of Pegu agreed to a truce in 1391 that would last until Swasawke's death in 1400. For the most part, his long reign was peaceful. In contrast to the short reigns by various kings since the fall of Pagan, Swasawke's 32-year reign brought much needed stability to Upper Burma. He redeveloped the economy of the kingdom by repairing the irrigation system, and reclaiming much of the arable land which had lapsed into wilderness as the result of the Mongol invasions nearly a century earlier. Under Swasawke's leadership, Upper Burma centered in Ava, finally achieved stability it had lacked for much of the past hundred years. ==Early life== The future king was born on 16 July 1330 in Thayet a small town to the west of the Irrawaddy river to the ruling family of the region which descended from Pagan and Pinya dynasties.〔Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 402–403〕 His father Min Shin Saw was a son of King Kyawswa of Pagan, and his mother Shin Myat Hla was a niece of King Thihathu of Pinya. The third child of six, the prince had two elder brothers Shwe Nan Shin and Saw Yan Naung, and three younger sisters, Saw Pale, Saw Myat and Saw Omma.〔 He spent his formative years in Launggyet, the capital of Arakan, the kingdom to the west of Thayet, where his father was governor. In early January 1334, the Arakanese raided Thayet, and sent the entire family of the governor to Launggyet on 7 January 1334.〔Sandamala Linkara Vol. 1 1999: 180-181〕 The family was treated well at the Arakanese court where the children were educated by one of the most learned Arakanese monks of the day. Becoming a scholar in his own right, the young prince conducted himself well, and became popular in court circles and also with common people.〔Htin Aung 1967: 86〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swasawke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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