Saw Khway of Ava

In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a given name.

Saw Khway စောခွေး
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
Tenure	25 November 1400 – c. February 1422
Predecessor	Saw Omma of Sagaing
Successor	Shin Bo-Me
Born	c. 1380s Ava (Inwa)
Died	? Ava (Inwa)
Spouse	Minkhaung I (1400–22)
House	Ava
Father	Kyawswa?
Mother	Saw Myat Ke?
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Saw Khway (Burmese: စောခွေး, [sɔ́ kʰwé]) was a queen consort of King Minkhaung I of Ava from 1400 to 1422. According to a stone inscription dedicated by her elder sister Queen Shin Saw, she was a granddaughter of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.

Bibliography

• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1829–1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II).