Monghsu or Maingshu was a
Shan state 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 C. Wells, Joh ...
. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern
Shan States
The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called '' muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India.
The term "Shan States" was fi ...
. The main river in the area was the
Nam Pang.
History
Monghsu became independent from
Hsenwi
Theinni or Hsenwi ( shn, ; my, သိန္နီ, ; th, แสนหวี, , ) is a town in northern Shan State of Burma, situated near the north bank of the Nam Tu River and now the centre of Hsenwi Township in Lashio District. It is nor ...
in 1857 under a
personal union
A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interli ...
with the neighbouring state of
Mongsang. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the
Shan states
The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called '' muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India.
The term "Shan States" was fi ...
submitted to British rule after the fall of the
Konbaung dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
. The residence of the Myoza was at
Mong Hsu.
Rulers
The rulers of Monghsu/Möngsang bore the title of ''
Myoza, "duke" or chief of town''.
Myozas
*1857 - 1879 Hkun Mon
*1879 - 1901 Hkun Maha
*1901 - 1917 Hkun Kyaw (b. 1845 - d. 1917)
*1917 - 19.. Hkun Sao (Hkun Saw) (b. 1845 - d. 19..)
References
External links
"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Shan States
1857 establishments in Asia
Former states of Myanmar
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