Smin Awa Naing

A trusted adviser of King Razadarit, Awa Naing is best remembered in Burmese history for the 1415 battle of Dala–Twante in which his undermanned regiment mortally wounded Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava.

[4] Awa Naing Min Thiri served both as a commander and as a court official during King Razadarit's reign from 1401 onwards.

He was one of the few commanders the king trusted to defend the Mon-speaking kingdom's key defensive positions en route to the capital Pegu (Bago).

It was Awa Naing that successfully withstood Ava's most fierce attacks of the war at Dala–Twante (1414–1415),[5][6] Bassein (Pathein) (1415)[7][8][9] and Syriam (Thanlyin) (1417–1418).

But with the rainy season fast approaching, Minkhaung asked for a meeting with Awa Naing, who accepted.

[note 7] The king of Ava later sent presents to Awa Naing, and withdrew his forces from the delta altogether.

[15][18] Awa Naing again proved his defensive prowess in the 1417–1418 dry season when he successfully defended Syriam (Thanlyin).

His name is conspicuously absent from the chronicles' list of figures who took part in the succession crisis, following Razadarit's sudden death in 1421.