Tarabya the younger was the youngest child of Queen Saw Hnaung and King Saw Yun of Sagaing.
In 1335/36, he and his three full siblings had to flee to Mindon, deep inside Pinya's territory after their half-cousin Shwetaungtet overthrew Tarabya I.
[2] The siblings spent the next three years in exile with the help of their mother and her ally Chief Minister Nanda Pakyan until their cover was blown and brought back to Sagaing in 1339.
[3] Tarabya like his middle brother Minye played no more than a nominal role in Kyaswa's reign (1339−49) since Nanda Pakyan actually ran the country.
[6] But Tarabya tried to cool the situation by sending his sister Princess Soe Min and her husband Gov.