The future viceroy was born
Thinga Dathta (, ) to Queen
Yaza Dewi and King
Bayinnaung of
Toungoo Dynasty on 8 April 1561 at the
Kanbawzathadi Palace. The youngest of the king's six children by his three principal queens grew up at the palace. He had his royal hair-knotting ceremony on 20 October 1577. He commanded a regiment in the 1579–80 campaign to
Lan Xang under the overall commander-in-chief
Nanda. The 22,000-strong army saw no action there. He was appointed viceroy of
Martaban (Mottama) with the style of
Thiri Thudhamma Yaza on 26 May 1581. The new viceroy was asked to co-lead, along with
Minye Kyawhtin, the
ongoing war with
Arakan. On 28 September 1581, his army of 18,000 men, 800 horses, 60 elephants left Pegu for Arakan. (Minye Kyawhtin led an 11,000-strong army.) But neither man saw any action. The king died six weeks later, and the new king Nanda called off the invasion. The viceroy might have been taken away or killed. Pegu's forces reoccupied Martaban in the same year but the viceroy's name or the term "viceroy of Martaban" (မုတ္တမ မင်းကြီး) never came up again. Although three of the five
Burmese invasions of Siam (1584–1593) went through Martaban, neither his name nor the ruler of Martaban is ever mentioned in any of the commander lists of the campaigns. When the ruler of the Martaban is mentioned in the Siam's 1592 raid into Martaban's territory, he is referred to as governor of Martaban (မုတ္တမ မြို့စား). ==Notes==