Sokkate of Prome

For other people named Sokkate, see Sokkate (disambiguation).

Sokkate (Burmese: စုက္ကတေး [soʊʔ kə té]) was acting governor of Prome (Pyay) for three months in 1413.^{[note 1]} He was a commander in the Royal Ava Army, and temporarily assumed governorship of Prome after Gov. Letya Pyanchi of Prome died of wounds c. April 1413.^[1][2] Sokkate was succeeded by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, who became the governor-general of Prome.

Sokkate စုက္ကတေး
Governor of Prome
In office c. April 1413 – July 1413
Monarch	Minkhaung I
Preceded by	Letya Pyanchi
Succeeded by	Minye Kyawswa I (as Viceroy)
Governor-General of Sandoway
In office 1411–1412
Monarch	Minkhaung I
Succeeded by	Bya Paik
Personal details
Died	c. April 1426 Wetchet, north of Sagaing Ava Kingdom
Military service
Allegiance	Royal Ava Army
Years of service	1400s–26
Rank	Commander
Commands	Arakan (1411–12)
Battles/wars	Forty Years' War

Military service

Campaign	Location	Summary
Forty Years' War (1410−11)	Lower Burma	Part of the first invasion of Lower Burma by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa in 1410.
Forty Years' War (1411−12)	Arakan	Part of the invasion of Arakan in early 1411. Appointed by Minye Kyawswa to guard Sandoway (Thandwe).[3] Defended Sandoway against Hanthawaddy forces led by Gen. Bya Paik in the dry season of 1411–12 but Sandoway ultimately fell.[3][4] Retreated to Launggyet but soon had to leave the Arakanese capital as Ava troops lacked popular support.[5]
Ava Civil War (1426)	Ava (Inwa)	Part of King Min Nyo's defense forces of Ava against Gov. Thado of Mohnyin.[6]

Notes

1. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 34) says his term lasted seven months. But according to (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214), his term lasted just three months. It was another case of Burmese numerals ၃ (3) and ၇ (7) being mis-copied.