Konbaung Set Maha Yazawindawgyi (Burmese: ကုန်းဘောင်ဆက် ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, pronounced [kóʊɰ̃bàʊɰ̃ zɛʔ məhà jàzəwɪ̀ɰ̃dɔ̀dʑí]; lit.

Its author, Maung Maung Tin, a British colonial official and a son of Konbaung royalty, took Konbaung period portions of the two previous official chronicles, Hmannan Yazawin and Dutiya Yazawin, added the last years (1854–1885) of the dynasty, and packaged it as the single Konbaung era chronicle.

[3] Because almost all the records of the Konbaung Dynasty had gone up in flames as drunken British soldiers burned down the royal library soon after King Thibaw's surrender in 1885,[4] Tin had to begin the collection effort of the surviving source materials still in possession of many court members.

(His collection, which continued until the Second World War, eventually grew to over 4000 palace manuscripts, including records, drawings, plays, etc.

His lifelong collection stored at his Mandalay home would however be destroyed in 1942 during the Japanese invasion of Burma.