The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s3.19
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Minkyiswasawke (1368–1401) was descended from the union of the Shān sister with the son of the Pagān dynasty, and as a child he had been carried off into captivity with his father, the lord of Thayetmyo, when Minhti, king of Arakan, raided it in 1333. On his release he became *thūgyi* (village headman) of Amyin in the Sagaing district and on becoming king he made an Arakanese monk his primate. He built the Zidaw weir in Kyaukse district and repaired the embankment of Meiktila lake.