Mingyi Swa Saw Ke

Mingyi Swa Saw Ke (1330–1400) ruled Ava from 1367 to 1400 and founded its power. A son of Min Shin Saw of Thayet, he spent his youth in Arakanese captivity after the 1334 sack of Thayet, then governed Yamethin. Chosen to succeed Thado Minbya, he reunified Upper Burma and in 1373 placed his nominee on the Arakanese throne.

His invasions of Pegu from 1385 opened the Forty Years' War, ending in a 1391 truce. He died in 1400, succeeded by his son Tarabya.