Hsawnghsup was one of the outlying Shan princely states in what is today

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The village of

Thaungdut Thaungdut is a village on the Chindwin River in Homalin Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma. It is located next to Chaunggan. History Originally, Thaungdut (Hsawnghsup) was one of the Shan States ruled by Shan ...

(Hsawnghsup) was formerly the residence of the

Sawbwa Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...

of Hsawnghsup State. The capital is in the upper end of the

Kabaw Valley The Kabaw Valley also known as Kubo valley is a highland valley in Myanmar's western Sagaing division, close to the border with India's Manipur. The valley is located between Heerok or Yoma ranges of mountains, which constitute the present day bo ...

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History

Hsawnghsup state was founded in 1757; the first ruler was Sao Kan Po. Little is known of the history of the state before it was annexed to British Burma except that it had been a vassal state of the

Kingdom of Burma The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

. Hsawnghsup formed an exclave located to the northwest of the Shan States, within the

Upper Chindwin District Mawlaik District (formerly Upper Chindwin District) is a district in central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Mawlaik. Townships Mawlaik district consists of 2 townships. * Mawlaik Township * Pa ...

of British Burma and bound to the west by the princely state of Manipur. Most of the territory of the state was dense forest. In 1886 the ruler of Hsawnghsup remained loyal to the British during the rebellion of the prince of

Wuntho Wuntho ( my, ဝန်းသို) or Waing Hso ( shn, ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်) was a native state of Upper Burma when Burma (Myanmar), was under British control. It had an area of around with 150,000 inhabitants and lay midway between ...

Rulers

The rulers of Hsawnghsup bore the title of ''

Saopha Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...

''.

Saophas

*1560 - 1580 Sao Hseng Myin *1580 - 1612 Sao Mauk Lwin *1612 - 1628 Sao Shwe Yi *1628 - 1650 Sao Khan Möng *1650 - 1659 Sao Shwe Wad 1st time *1659 - 1663 Sao Moud Aung *1663 - 1689 Sao Shwe Wad 2nd time *1689 - 1703 Sao Hpo Gyi *1703 - 1727 Sao Yi Khan Hpa Sunt Aung *1727 - 1746 Sao Chow Piam Hpa *1746 - 1757 Sao Hseng Tern Möng *1757 - 1760 Sao Khan Hpo (d. 1760) *1760 - .... Sao Hseng Sunt Hpa Wad Möng *.... - .... Sao Pon Khone Gyi *.... - 1782 Sao Hti Kyaung *1782 - 1813 Sao Haw Nga *1813 - 1827 Sao Leik Hkam *1827 - 1834 Sao Aung Ba -

Regent A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

*1834 - 22 Oct 1880 Sao Shwe Maung *1880 - 1893 Sao Nyi Khant *1893 - 1899 Sao Khan Mun *1899 - 1910 Sao Myat Htan (b. 1860) *1910 - 1959 Sao Hkun Hsawng

References

External links

"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"The Imperial Gazetteer of India
* Shan States {{Hkamti-geo-stub