It was the first viceroyship appointment by the king, who had moved the capital of his kingdom to Pegu a year earlier . ( Tabinshwehti also appointed another childhood servant Shin Nita to the viceroyship of Prome two years later . ) Swe continued to be treated with great respect by the king in the following years.
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Though it was a governorship, as opposed to a viceroyship, the appointment was still an impressive achievement for the young man as he was selected over his older and more experienced brothers Minye Sithu and Thado Dhamma Yaza II both of whom had been commanders since 1540, and over the objections of ministers concerned by handing over the ancestral home of the dynasty to a relatively inexperienced youngster.
