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Uzana II of Pinya (Burmese:ဥဇနာ,[ʔṵzənà]; alsoUzana Pyaung,ဥဇနာ ပြောင်,[ʔṵzənàbjàʊɰ̃]; 1324/25 – September 1364) was king ofPinya for three months in 1364. He was merely a nominal king, and could not consolidate his power in the wake of the devastating raid by the northernShan state ofMong Mao. He was overthrown in September 1364 byThado Minbya ofSagaing.

Uzana was the eldest child of PrincessNan Lon Me of Pagan and PrinceKyawswa ofPinle.^[1] He was bornc. 1324/25.[note 1] A grandson of KingThihathu ofMyinsaing–Pinya and KingKyawswa of Pagan, he hailed from bothMyinsaing andPagan royal lines. He had five full siblings (two younger brothers and three younger sisters) and at least two half-siblings.^[1] He grew up in Pinle but moved toPinya with the entire family in 1344 when their father became the undisputed ruler ofPinya Kingdom.^[2]

Although he was the eldest son, Uzana lived in the shadow of his younger brothers. The king chose his second sonKyawswa the younger as his heir-apparent. The reason, according to theYazawin Thit chronicle, was that Uzana had weak or crippled legs, and the king deemed his eldest son unsuitable to become king.^[3] Uzana continued to be overlooked when Kyawswa the younger became king in 1350 as Kyawswa II. Their youngest brother Narathu became the heir-presumptive, ahead of Uzana; Kyawswa II had no children.^[3]

It is not clear if Uzana's status changed when Narathu became king in 1359. But Uzana's turn came five years later. In May 1364, the raiders from the northernShan state ofMong Mao (Maw) sacked Pinya, and took away Narathu, along with the loot. The next month, the court elected Uzana as king. The new king, now Uzana II, took his sister-in-lawSaw Omma, who had been the chief queen consort of Kyawswa II and Narathu, as his chief queen.^[4] He was also married toSaw Sala of Sagaing.^[5]

Uzana II was merely a nominal king. He had little authority even in the core capital region. The Maw Shan raids had left the entire Central Burma, including Pinya's neighboringSagaing Kingdom, in tatters. Like at Pinya, a new ruler,Thado Minbya, came to power at Sagaing. As both Pinya and Sagaing were branches of theMyinsaing dynasty, Uzana II and Thado Minbya were related: Thado Minbya was Uzana II's half-cousin, once removed. Unlike Uzana II, Thado Minbya proved to be an able leader, and quickly consolidated his power at Sagaing. He saw an opportunity to consolidate Central Burma, which had been split since 1315. In September 1364, Thado Minbya and his army crossed theIrrawaddy, and seized Pinya, apparently without a fight. The new king ordered the execution of Uzana.^[6]

The variousroyal chronicles do not agree on his birth, death, and reign dates.

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• Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.).Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
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