The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s3.44

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Narapati was succeeded by his son Thihathura (1469–81), who fought Toungoo, Pegū, Prome and Yawnghwe. In 1474 he and his queen made their hair into a broom, studded the handle with gems and sent it to sweep the floor of the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy in Ceylon¹. In 1472 he asked China to give him Mohnyin. China warned Mohnyin not to obstruct the road between China and Burma, but she would not give his territory to Ava as he had done nothing to merit eviction. Mohnyin remained on good terms with the Chinese frontier eunuch, presenting him with a jewelled girdle.