Min Nemi of Toungoo

Min Nemi (Burmese: မင်းနေမိ, pronounced [mɪ́ɴ nèmḭ]) was governor of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1399 to 1408/09.[1][note 1] He was also a military commander, whose regional army consisted of 60 war elephants, and fought in the Forty Years' War. He ruled for nearly ten years.[1]

Min Nemi နေမိ
Governor of Toungoo
In office 1399–1408/09
Monarch	Swa Saw Ke (1399–1400) Minkhaung I (1400–1408/09)
Preceded by	Saw Oo I
Succeeded by	Letya Zeya Thingyan
Personal details
Died	1408/09 770 ME Toungoo (Taungoo)
Military service
Allegiance	Ava Kingdom
Rank	Commander
Battles/wars	Forty Years' War

In this Burmese name, Min is an honorific, not a surname.

Notes

1. Standard chronicles Hmannan (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 434) and Maha Yazawin (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 304) say Swa Saw Ke appointed Min Nemi in 760 ME (29 March 1398 to 28 March 1399). But the Taungoo chronicle Toungoo Yazawin (Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 25–26) says Nemi assumed office in 761 ME (29 March 1399 to 27 March 1400). It appears that Min Nemi's appointment occurred in late 760 ME (January to March 1399) and Min Nemi arrived at the city in early 761 ME (March to April 1399).

References

1. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 26

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Sein Lwin Lay, Kahtika U (1968). Min Taya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin (in Burmese) (2006, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Yan Aung Sarpay.

Min Nemi of Toungoo Ava Kingdom
Royal titles
Preceded by Saw Oo I as viceroy	Governor of Toungoo 1399 – 1408/09	Succeeded by Letya Zeya Thingyan