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THE ROYAL ORDERS OF BURMA, A.D. 1598-1885 PART SIX A.D. 1807-1810 Edited with Introduction, Motes and Summary in English of Each Order by THAN TUN, M.A., B.L., Ph.D. (London) Professor of History,Mandalay University VI KYOTO THE CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY 1987 THE ROYAL ORDERS OF BURMA, A.D. 1598-1885 PART SIX, A.D. 1807-1810 THE ROYAL ORDERS OF BURMA, A.D. 1598-1885 PART SIX, A.D. 1807-1810 Edited with Introduction, Notes and Summary in English of Each Order by THAN TUN, M.A., B.L., Ph.D.(London) Former Professor of History, Mandalay University KYOTO THE CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY 1987 iii CONTENTS Acknowledgement iv List of colleagues who helped in collecting the Royal Orders vi Introduction vii Summary of Each Order in English 1 Royal Orders of Burma in Burmese 319 v KURENAI : Kyoto University Research Information Repository Title Summary of Each Order in English Author(s) THAN, TUN Citation THE ROYAL ORDERS OF BURMA, A.D. 1598-1885 (1987), 6: 1-315 Issue Date 1987 URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/173881 Right Type Departmental Bulletin Paper T extversion publisher Kyoto University THE ROYAL ORDERS OF BURMA, AD 1598-1885; PART VI, AD 1807-1819 SUMMARY 1 January 1807 Order:( 1) Some princes had orchids before the palace had received them; put Kyi Wun - Officer of Granaries, under arrest and ask him to produce the men who made this slight by taking orchids (first) to the princes. ( 2) Set free Min Kyaw Shwe Daung, Kyi Wun - Officer of Granaries. ( .3) Take off the figures of Sakka and Garuda from two-into-one barge called Pyi Gyi Mun - Best of the City, and divide it into two barges, each having a Naga - Serpant, figure as its emblem. ( 1+) Two Hlawga boats each having the length of 17 lan / 68 feet / 20.726 metres are now being made; Crown Prince and Prince Pyay shall send carpenters (of their own) to finish them (quickly). ( 5) Prince Toungoo and Prince Pagan shall send carpenters (of their own) to work on the next two Hlawga boats (each of the same length of a Hlawga mentioned in the above Order). ( 6) Prince Sagaing shall send carpenters (of his own) to make a Hlawga boat for him and Zayya Kyaw Zwa, Thandaw Sint - Herald, shall supervise the constructions. This Order was passed on 1 January 1807 and proclaimed by-Yaza Nawyatha, Liaison Officer. 2 January 1807 Saddhasuradevapani, Head of the Servants of Religion attached to (Sagaing) Rajamanicula pagoda reported that over a hundred men from the Servants of Religion under him, including Nga Aung Tun, Nga Toke Gyi, Nga Myat, Nga Tha Dun, etc. are now with one noble or another (in order to free themselves from the Service of Religion); when the recalcitrants together with those chiefs who helped them (to abscond from their rightful services) are found, brand them with tattoo marks and send them all to do the religious service. Hluttaw took up the case and found that in 1783 Record there are 180 persons listed as the Servants of Religion attached to the said pagoda but there are also 220 unlisted men; from these 1+00, only (120 of the listed) and 120 of the unlisted are working at the pagoda while the remaining 160 are absent. Order:( 1) Add the names of unlisted men in the list of Servants of the Religion in the pagoda stone inscription and no one shall made any objection when these men are sent back to the charge of their former chief at (Sagaing) Rajamanicula pagoda. ( 2) Send instructions to Khanti Chief in accordance with the statement made by his men Nga Kyaw Dun; send Nga Kyaw Dun back to his master together with Nga Aung Hla. This Order was passed on 2 January 1807 and proclaimed by Baya Kyaw Htin, Liaison Officer. 3 January 1807 Order: Nga Khine and Nga Aing of Pyaw Bwe village are exempted from being pressed into service (as fighting men); Nga Thaw, Master of Puppet- Show, shall take charge of them. This Order was passed on 3 January 1807 and proclaimed by Nga Pa, Liaison Officer. 1+ January 1807 Order:( 1) Men sent from the troops at Mong Sut forces shall return to Mong Sut. ( 2) Tributes and men who brought them, viz. Maha Wun, his brother Mat Wun and Assistant Minister Ainda Set, Thai Minister Baya Pain Pi - 2 - Hsan, shall be sent to (Min Gin where His Majesty is now residing). ( 3) Hluttaw shall send two men from Manipura with a guide to the residence of Kyi Wun - Officer of Granaries. ( U) Asaung Myè Mumat - Officers in Attendance, who had been punished shall return all their titles, insignias of rank and towns and villages which they held in fief; they are not allowed to come to palace any more. This Order was passed on H January 1807 and proclaimed by Liaison Officer - cum - Chief of Caduceus Bearers. Note : See ROB 26 March 1807 on Thai minister and ROB 5 January 1807 and ROB 6 January 1807 on officers dismissed from office and punished. 5 January 1807 Order :( 1) Shwe Pyi So - Officer of Golden City, shall take charge of men who had been punished for being flippant in night duty of palace apartments; they are not wanted here in Min Gun; pull down their houses in Min Gun. ( 2) Letwè Win Hmu - Chief of North Palace Guards, and Letya Win Hmu - Chief of South Palace Guards, who were responsible to check palace apartment night duty, failed to do so; dismiss them from their offices and send them back to Amarapura; appoint new men in their places. ( 3) Prince Sagaing, Prince Toungoo, Prince Pagan, Prince Pakhan and Prince Mong Mit shall confer with Hluttaw and select men from Royal 150 to fill the vacancies in palace night duty; submit the list of selected men. ( U) Nga Kyaw and Nga Hlwan held boat licences to use the main riverway for trade in 20 big boats and 110 small boats (fully armed and - 5 - free of tax) with an agreement to supply annually a certain number of guns to the King; guns were supplied as agreed upon; now that they had stopped the trade, they applied for permission to surrender the licenses and stop the supply of guns; Nga Kyaw and Nga Hlwan shall surrender the licences and stop the supply of guns. (■5) Those who had been punished for negligence of night duty shall surrender all property given to them at the time of His Majesty's ascendency. ( 6) Make all preparations necessary for His Majesty's return to the capital city on 6 January 180T and submit the list of courtiers, etc. who would join the trip. ( 7) Princesses holding in fief Yin Daw, Tayoke and Thabye Hla shall go today in small sampans to the capital city. This Order was passed on 5 January 1807 and proclaimed by Yaza Nawyatha, Liaison Officer. Note: See ROB U January 1807 and 6 January 1807 about those who were punished for negligence of night duty. 6 January 1807 Order :( 1) Cremation of the remains of North Queen shall be done as it had been done with the remains of Dowager Queen Mother; Nay Myo Kyaw Htin, Wun Dauk - Assistant Minister, shall take charge of some of the funeral preparations; all princes and ministers and their wives shall put on white dress on this sad occasion; Prince Pakhan and Prince Mong Mit shall come (to Amarapura) to be in time to attend the funeral. ( 2) Those who had been punished for negligance of night duty are pardoned; they shall resume their former duties. - 4 - ( 3) Sin Wun - Officer of Elephants, who holds Nan Myo in fief together with other ministers and officers who have been given the guard duty shall remain in Min Gun. This Order was passed on 6 January 1807 and proclaimed by Nga Pa, Liaison Officer. Note : See ROB 7 January 1807 on Queen's funeral and ROB U January 1807 and 5 January 1807 on negligence of night duty. 7 January 1807 Order :( 1) Prince Sagaing, Princess of White Elephant, Prince Makkhaya, Prince Mindon and Prince Hlaing shall wait to collect a few remaining bones after cremating the remains of North Queen; then (except Princess of White Elephant) they shall go to the place where the the last of the remains are finally disposed. ( 2) Crown Prince, all princes, all ministers and officers high and low shall attend the funeral until its last moment is over but princesses and wives of ministers, etc. shall return to their own places after the cremation. ( 3) Keep the things used in the funeral including the remains of sweet smelling wood in Amway Daik - Warehouse of Things left by the Departed. This Order was passed on 7 January 1807 and proclaimed by Yaza Nawyatha, Liaison Officer. Note : See also ROB 6 January 1807 on the funeral of North Queen. 7 January 1807 Order :( 1) Royal Granaries are now too old to store paddy from the Royal Lands of Aung Pinle produced in 1806 harvest; granaries of Crown Prince, Prince Sagaing, princes and princesses have some more space - 5 - available; divide equally the paddy according to available places and store them in these places. ( 2) Hlawga boats used in disposing the last remains of a dead member of the Royal Family, now kept in the precincts of Aung Myay Lawka pagoda must be destroyed by the Servants of Religion. ( 3) Continue Sa Haw - Exposition on Religious Works, in the Asaung Daw - Royal Apartment, in the evenings; Crown Prince and all princes shall come to (listen these talks).