Nawrahta Minsaw
| Nawrahta Minsaw နော်ရထာ မင်းစော | |||||
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| Chaopha Sawatthinaratthamangkhoi | |||||
| King of Lan Na | |||||
| Reign | 28 January 1579 – 1607/08 | ||||
| Coronation | 2 July 1579 | ||||
| Predecessor | Wisutthi Thewi | ||||
| Successor | Thado Minsaw (Tu Laung) and Minye Deibba | ||||
| Emperor | Bayinnaung (1579–1581) Nanda Bayin (1581–c. 1597) Naresuan (c. 1602–1605) Ekathotsarot (1605–1607/08) | ||||
| Born | 1551/52 913 ME Toungoo Toungoo Empire | ||||
| Died | late 1607/early 1608 969 ME Chiang Mai Lan Na | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Hsinbyushin Medaw | ||||
| Issue among others | Five sons and six daughters, including: Yodaya Mibaya Thado Minsaw Minye Deibba Thado Kyaw | ||||
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| House | Toungoo | ||||
| Father | Bayinnaung | ||||
| Mother | Yaza Dewi | ||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||
Nawrahta Minsaw (Burmese: နော်ရထာ မင်းစော, pronounced [nɔ̀jətʰà mɪ́ɴ sɔ́]; formally, Anawrahta Minsaw; also known as Nawrahta Saw and Tharrawaddy Min; 1551/52–1607/08) known in Lan Na as Sawatthinaratthamangkhoi (Northern Thai: ᨧᩮᩢ᩶ᩣᨼ᩶ᩣᩈᩣᩅᨲ᩠ᨳᩦᨶᩁᨳᩣᨾᩢ᩠ᨦᨣᩬ᩠ᨿ) was king of Lan Na from 1579 to 1607/08, and the first Burmese-born vassal king of Lan Na. He was also an accomplished poet.
Appointed to the Lan Na throne by his father King Bayinnaung of Burma, Nawrahta dutifully contributed to his half-brother King Nanda's debilitating war effort against Siam (1584–95). He declared independence in 1597 after having defeated a 1595–96 invasion by Lan Xang on his own. From 1599 onward, he was forced to deal with a Lan Xang backed rebellion in Nan, and a Siam-backed rebellion in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen. He defeated the Chiang Rai rebellion in 1601–02 but was eventually forced to submit to Siam soon after. He defeated an invasion by Lan Xang in 1602–03, regaining Nan in the process. He ruled all of Lan Na, as a Siamese vassal, until his death.