Saw Omma (Burmese: စောဥမ္မာ, pronounced [sɔ́ òʊɴmà]) was the chief queen consort of four consecutive kings of Pinya and Ava Kingdoms from 1350 to 1367.
Her brother King Swa Saw Ke, who succeeded Thado Minbya, pardoned her but also married her off to the commander who captured her.
[1] The princess spent much of her childhood years in Launggyet, the capital of Arakan (present-day Rakhine State), the kingdom west of Thayet.
[note 5] After Kyawswa II died in March 1359, his younger brother Narathu succeeded, and made his sister-in-law, now known as Saw Omma, his chief queen.
The raiders sacked both Upper Burmese kingdoms of Sagaing and Pinya in April and June 1364 successively, and took away Narathu.
[10] One of the king's close advisers, Nga Nu, quickly sailed up the Irrawaddy with his men, and entered the queen's chambers.
[13][14] Swa spared his sister's life, and married her off to Nga Mauk, who was given Taungbyon and Wayindok, two small regions near modern Mount Popa, in fief, and also made him governor of Sagaing by 1383.
[note 8] In 1400, Yazathingyan attempted to stage a coup against King Tarabya of Ava but died from an accident en route.
Historian Michael Aung-Thwin places Yazathingyan's appointment in 1367/68 as part of Swa's coronation ceremony, citing the Maha Yazawin's initial narrative.