List of rulers of Myinsaing
This is a list of rulers of Myinsaing, a prominent vassal state during the Pagan, Pinya and Ava periods. During the Myinsaing Period, Athinkhaya of Myinsaing was one of the three de facto rulers—alongside his younger brothers Yazathingyan and Thihathu—of the rump Pagan Kingdom.
Background
During the reign of King Narathihapate of Pagan, Myinsaing was a mere village, whose headman was Theinkha Bo. The village became a myo, a district-level town with a myoza, soon after King Kyawswa of Pagan came to power in 1289. The town's first governor was Theinkha Bo's eldest son Athinkhaya. The town became the de facto capital of the rump Pagan kingdom when Athinkhya and his two brothers—Yazathingyan and Thihathu—together overthrew King Kyawswa in 1297. During the Pinya period, Athinkhaya's successor Sithu was the regent of Pinya from 1340 to 1344.Certainly the 19th century, Myinsaing was no longer a royal governorship. It was governed by a mayor, myothugyi although it apparently continued to be a fief awarded to members of the royal family. Myinsaing's last feudal lord was Prince Thado Minye Yanshein, who after the Third Anglo-Burmese War continued the fight against the British occupation forces until his death in 1886.