Kyawswa I of Pinya

Kyawswa I (1299–1350), called Nga-zi Shin or Lord of the Five White Elephants, was king of Pinya from 1344 to 1350. The elder son of Thihathu and the Pagan princess Mi Saw U, he ranked second in line behind his half-brother Uzana.

Governor of Pinle, the family's base, from 1313, he was beaten back by Saw Yun at Sagaing in 1316; after Uzana took the throne in 1325 he built up his own power at Pinle. In 1340 he refused Uzana's demands for his five rare white elephants, and Uzana abdicated to become a monk. Kyawswa called himself king by 1342 and took over formally in 1344.

He raised cavalry and shield infantry and tended the Kyaukse granary, and his reign was largely peaceful. He died suddenly in 1350 and became the nat Nga-zi Shin.