Saw Yun
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The statue of Saw Yun at the entrance of Sagaing city | |
| King of Sagaing | |
| Reign | 15 May 1315 – 5 February 1327 |
| Predecessor | Thihathu |
| Successor | Tarabya I |
| Born | c. 1299 Monday, 661 ME Pinle, Myinsaing Kingdom |
| Died | 5 February 1327 (aged 27) Thursday, Full moon of Tabaung 688 ME Sagaing, Sagaing Kingdom |
| Consort | Saw Hnaung |
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| House | Myinsaing |
| Father | Thihathu |
| Mother | Yadanabon |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Athinkhaya Saw Yun (Burmese: အသင်္ခယာ စောယွမ်း [ʔəθɪ̀ɰ̃ kʰəjà sɔ́ jʊ́ɰ̃]; also spelled Saw-Yoom; c. 1299 – 5 February 1327) was the founder of the Sagaing Kingdom of Myanmar (Burma). The eldest son of King Thihathu set up a rival kingdom in 1315 after Thihathu appointed Uzana I as heir-apparent. Saw Yun successfully resisted two small expeditions by Pinya by 1317. While Saw Yun nominally remained loyal to his father, he was the de facto king of the area roughly corresponding to present-day Sagaing Region and northern Mandalay Region.
After Thihathu's death, Sagaing and Pinya formally went separately ways. Saw Yun died in 1327. Saw Yun had four children, three sons and a daughter. All of his sons became king of Sagaing. His only daughter was the mother of Thado Minbya, the founder of the Kingdom of Ava.