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5 unusual facts about Thibaw


Konbaung Set Yazawin

Konbaung Set was first published in 1905, and a second edition (with a small update of King Thibaw's death) was published in 1922.

Mandalay Cultural Museum

It displays objects of past ministers over the centuries, including materials and furniture used by King Mindon and King Thibaw, paintings by Royal artist Saya Chon and sculptures.

Myat Paya Lat

Born at the Royal Palace to Thibaw and Supayalat, Mandalay, the princess married at the Collector’s Bungalow, Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 20 February 1917, Khin Maung Lat Burma Raja Sahib, Private Secretary to Ex-King Thibaw, sometime Officer in the Indian Police, a nephew of King Thibaw and son of the "Duke and Duchess" of Ngape and Mindat.

Thibaw

Thibaw Min (1859–1916), last king of Burma, Konbaung Dynasty

Thihathu of Ava

In August 1425, Thihathu was killed in ambush by the Shan raiders of Thibaw.


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A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray

Thibaw, last king of Burma, decapitated seventy or eighty of his brothers on his accession, but planted Tamarind trees in Mandalay, and Mrs Overall, wife of Dean Overall was a wanton but was commemorated in an entertaining poem about her - "The Shepherd Swaine" by John Aubrey.

Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi

Her maternal grandfather was the sawbwa (chief) of the Shan state of Mobye (present-day northern Kayah State), which was a tributary of the Shan state of Thibaw (Hsipaw).


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