Saw Hnit of Toungoo

This article is about the governor of Toungoo. For the viceroy of Pagan, see Saw Hnit.

Saw Hnit (Burmese: စောနှစ်, pronounced [sɔ́ n̥ɪʔ]; 1310s–1325) was governor of Toungoo from 1324 to 1325. He inherited the office after his father Thawun Nge's death in 1324. Because he was still a young adult, his mother Saw Sala ruled the Toungoo region, then a vassal state of Pinya. He was killed a year later during a coup organized by Chief Minister Kayin Ba, who had served under Toungoo rulers since 1279. Saw Sala escaped but died on the run near Taungdwingyi.^[1]

Saw Hnit စောနှစ်
Governor of Toungoo
Reign	1324 – 1325
Predecessor	Thawun Nge
Successor	Kayin Ba
Regent	Saw Sala
Born	c. 1310s Toungoo (Taungoo) Pinya Kingdom
Died	1325 Toungoo Pinya Kingdom
Father	Thawun Nge
Mother	Saw Sala
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a given name.