Hsawnghsup Explained

Conventional Long Name:Hsawnghsup
Common Name:Hsawnghsup State
Nation:the Shan States
Subdivision:State
Year Start:1757
Event Start:State founded
Year End:1959
Event End:Abdication of the last Saopha
P1:Kingdom of Burma
S1:Shan State
Flag S1:Flag of Shan State.svg
Image Map Caption:Hsawnghsup (Thaungdut) in a map of the Toungoo Kingdom
Capital:Thaungdut
Stat Area1:932
Stat Year1:1901
Stat Pop1:7471

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

The village of Thaungdut (Hsawnghsup) was formerly the residence of the Sawbwa of Hsawnghsup State.[1]

Hsawnghsup formed an exclave located to the northwest of the Shan States, within the Upper Chindwin District of British Burma and bound to the west by the princely state of Manipur. Most of the territory of the state was dense forest.[1] In 1886 the ruler of Hsawnghsup remained loyal to the British during the rebellion of the prince of Wuntho.[2]

Rulers

The rulers of Hsawnghsup bore the title of Saopha.[3]

Saophas

Toungoo period

He betrayed King Nanda Bayin of Hanthawaddy to joint with Hso Hsu Hpa, the saopha of Sanda in Koshanpye they seized later and send to Hanthawaddy the Burmese King decided to execution them but remit later

He guided King Khagemba of Ningthouja to develop friendly relationships with King Anaukpetlun the King of Burma until the Manipur King give her daughter Champajulee to married with Burmese King

He guided Taninganway of Inwa to develop friendly relationships with Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur until the Burmese King married with princess Chakpa Makhao Ngambi the younger sister of Pamhaiba (She was the daughter of Tonsen Ngampa or King Chalailongba aka Pitambar)

The both have son name Min Taya Sinthu Ngamba and daughter name Dimourathi

Alaungpaya period

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_223.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 217.
  2. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45915/45915-h/45915-h.htm The Pacification of Burma, by Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
  3. Web site: World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma. Ben Cahoon. 2000. 7 July 2014.