Tarabya was the third king of Ava

Ava Kingdom

The Ava Kingdom was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma from 1364 to 1555. Founded in 1364, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms that had ruled central Burma since the collapse of Pagan Empire in the late 13th century...

, who reigned for seven months in 1401. Tarabya was crown prince during his father King Swasawke

Swasawke

Swasawke was the second king of Ava, who reigned from 1368 to 1400. When he was elected by the ministers to succeed King Thadominbya who left no heir, Swasawke took over a kingdom that was less than four years old, and still faced external and internal threats...

's reign, and ascended in January 1401 (Natdaw, 762 ME). But he was assassinated seven months into his rule by his one-time tutor, Nga Nauk Hsan, the governor of Tagaung. The ministers did not hand the throne to the usurper; they gave it to Minkhaung

Minkhaung I

Minkhaung I of Ava was the fourth king of Ava from 1401 to 1422. Minkhaung is best remembered in Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu in the Forty Years' War , and for being the father of Crown Prince Minyekyawswa, who did most of the fighting.Minkhaung...

, Swasawke's son by a village maiden.

One of his sons, Kale Kyetaungnyo

Kale Kyetaungnyo

Kale Kyetaungnyo was the seventh king of Ava who reigned for seven months from 1426 to 1427. He came to the Ava throne with the help of Queen Shin Bo-Me who had engineered the deaths of her husband King Thihathu and his eight-year-old son King Minhlange in 1426 to put her lover on the throne...

, became the saopha

Saopha

Saopha, Chaofa, or Sawbwa was a royal title used by the rulers of the Shan States of Myanmar . The word means "king" in the Shan and Tai languages...

 (chief) of Kale in the Upper Chindwin

Chindwin River

The Chindwin River is a river in Burma , and the largest tributary of the country's chief river the Ayeyarwady . It flows entirely within Burma and is known as Ning-thi to the Manipuris.-Source:...

 region, and later king of Ava from 1426 and 1427.

He entered the official pantheon of Burmese nats (spirits)

Nat (spirit)

The nats are spirits worshipped in Burma in conjunction with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 Great Nats and all the rest . Almost all of the 37 Great Nats were human beings who met violent deaths . They may thus also be called nat sein...

 as the Mintara

Mintara

Mintara is the nat representation of King Tarabya of Ava. According to the legend, the king met a fairy in the forest, made love to her, and went insane when the fairy disappeared. While he was in this state, one of his followers, Nga Nauk Hsan, governor of Tagaung, murdered the king...

nat.