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Sawlon


FieldValue
typemonarch
nameSawlon of Mohnyin
မိုးညှင်းစလုံ
reign1500s – 1533
successionSaopha of Möng Yang
predecessorSawlon the elderAccording to (Fernquest 2006: 36) Sawlon became saopha of Mohnyin c. 1482 and died in 1532, meaning he ruled for 50 years. Zatadawbon Yazawin (Zata 1960: 47) says Sawlon was born only in 1486. It means the Sawlon who came to power in 1482 was likely Sawlon's father.
successorThohanbwa
suc-typeSuccessor
issueThohanbwa
Sawlon II
houseMöng Mao
birth_date2 April 1486
Sunday, 13th waning of Tagu 848 ME
birth_placeMohnyin
death_datec. January 1533 (aged 46)
death_placeMyedu
religionBuddhism

မိုးညှင်းစလုံ | suc-type = Successor | reg-type = Sawlon II | issue-link = Sunday, 13th waning of Tagu 848 ME

Sawlon of Mohnyin ( ; 1486–1533), Tai name Hso Lung Hpa, was saopha of the Shan state of Mohnyin in the early the 16th century. He is best remembered in Burmese history as the conqueror of Ava Kingdom.

Sawlon led a confederation of Shan states, and raided Avan territory throughout the first quarter of the 16th century. (The earliest reported date in the Burmese chronicles of a raid led by Sawlon of Mohnyin came in 1502. It is unclear if the Sawlon in 1502 was this Sawlon who would have been only 16 years old, then. The Sawlon in 1502 may have been Sawlon's father.)

By the 1520s, his confederation included Shan states of Kale (Kalay), Möng Mit, Bhamo as well as the Burman Kingdom of Prome (Pyay). The allies accelerated their concerted attacks on Ava from all directions, and sacked Ava in 1524. But King Shwenankyawshin of Ava and his ally Hkonmaing I of Onbaung–Hsipaw continued their resistance. In 1527, his forces again laid siege to Ava where Shwenankyawshin fell in battle. Sawlon placed his son Thohanbwa on the Ava throne, ending Ava's 163-year reign of Upper Burma. Ava became just another Shan state, and many Burmans fled to Toungoo.

Sawlon made a fateful choice of not attacking the Toungoo Kingdom to the southeast of Ava. Instead, he chose to attack his erstwhile ally Prome for he was unsatisfied with the assistance he received from his ally, King Thado Minsaw of Prome, in their war against Ava. In late 1532, Sawlon and Thohanbwa marched south and captured Prome. After the conquest of Prome, Sawlon was murdered by his own ministers on his way back home to Mohnyin.

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  1. Zata 1960: 47
  2. Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 103
  3. Fernquest 2005: 348–349
  4. Harvey 1925: 104–107
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