Dear Jeffrey
Supi-yaw-lat or Soopyah Lat was a burmese historical
figure and was the Queen to Theebaw. When the old king
of Burma died in 1878, the rightful heir was a person
known as the Myoungan Prince; but the intrigues of an
old and unscrupulous Princess named Sinbyumaryin, who
had married her daughter Soopyah Lat to Theebaw, one
of the King's younger sons, secured Theebaw's
proclamation as monarch. Theebaw began his reign by
murdering eighty-six of his blood relations.
Theebaw was the chap that we defeated in the conquest
of Upper Burma.
With best regards
David Page
Harrow UK
--- [log in to unmask] wrote: > Dera Colleagues,
> In the verses on the Road to Mandalay, who
> is Theebaw's
> Queen? Is it as Queen of Sheba or a more direct
> Burmese historical
> figure?
> --
> Jeffery Lewins
> 133 Thornton Road
> Girton CB3 0NE
> (01223) 276285
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