Sokkate of Prome

For other people named Sokkate, see Sokkate (disambiguation).
Sokkate
စုက္ကတေး
Governor of Prome
In office
c. April 1413 – July 1413
MonarchMinkhaung I
Preceded byLetya Pyanchi
Succeeded byMinye Kyawswa I (as Viceroy)
Governor-General of Sandoway
In office
1411–1412
MonarchMinkhaung I
Succeeded byBya Paik
Personal details
Diedc. April 1426
Wetchet, north of Sagaing
Ava Kingdom
Military service
AllegianceRoyal Ava Army
Years of service1400s–26
RankCommander
CommandsArakan (1411–12)
Battles/warsForty Years' War
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Sokkate (Burmese: စုက္ကတေး [soʊʔ kə té]) was acting governor of Prome (Pyay) for three months in 1413.[note 1] He was a commander in the Royal Ava Army, and temporarily assumed governorship of Prome after Gov. Letya Pyanchi of Prome died of wounds c. April 1413.[1][2] Sokkate was succeeded by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, who became the governor-general of Prome.

Military service

Campaign Location Summary
Forty Years' War (1410−11) Lower Burma Part of the first invasion of Lower Burma by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa in 1410.
Forty Years' War (1411−12) Arakan Part of the invasion of Arakan in early 1411. Appointed by Minye Kyawswa to guard Sandoway (Thandwe).[3] Defended Sandoway against Hanthawaddy forces led by Gen. Bya Paik in the dry season of 1411–12 but Sandoway ultimately fell.[3][4] Retreated to Launggyet but soon had to leave the Arakanese capital as Ava troops lacked popular support.[5]
Ava Civil War (1426) Ava (Inwa) Part of King Min Nyo's defense forces of Ava against Gov. Thado of Mohnyin.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 34) says his term lasted seven months. But according to (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214), his term lasted just three months. It was another case of Burmese numerals ၃ (3) and ၇ (7) being mis-copied.

References

  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 15–16
  2. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 244
  3. ^ a b Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 238
  4. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003:
  5. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 7–8
  6. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 60

Bibliography

  • Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • 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.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Sokkate of Prome
Royal titles
Preceded by Governor of Prome
c. April – July 1413 		Succeeded byas Viceroy