Smin Upakaung the Elder

Chronicles provide little information about his background except that he was married to Princess Tala Mi Saw by 1401. His personal name is not known. By the start of the Second Ava–Hanthawaddy War, he was known by his title of Smin Upakaung and served as a minister (အမတ်, amat) at the court of his father-in-law King Razadarit.

His wartime career was short. When the war began in November 1401, Upakaung commanded one of the three vanguard flotillas, under the overall command of Gen. Byat Za, that invaded the northern kingdom of Ava. from atop the walls of the town, and the attack was called off soon after.