Kehsi Mansam Explained

Conventional Long Name:Kehsi Mansam (Kyithi Bansan)
Common Name:Kehsi Mansam State
Nation:the Shan States
Subdivision:State
Year Start:1860
Event Start:Independent from Hsenwi
Year End:1959
Event End:Abdication of the last Myoza
P1:Hsenwi State
S1:Shan State
Flag S1:Flag of Shan State.svg
Image Map Caption:Kehsi Mansam State in a map of the Shan States
Capital:Kehsi
Stat Area1:1017
Stat Year1:1901
Stat Pop1:22062

Kehsi Mansam (also known as Kehsi Mangam and as Kyithi Bansan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Kehsi town, located by the Nam Heng River. The state included 378 villages and the population was mostly Shan, but there were also some Palaung people (Yins) in the area[1]

History

Kehsi Mansam became independent from Hsenwi State in 1860. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty.

Kehsi Mansam included the small substate of Kenglon (Kenglön), located in the southeastern part and almost totally encircled by Kehsi Mansam. In 1926 Kenglon State was incorporated into Kehsi Mansam.[2]

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title Myoza.[3]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_202.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 196.
  2. Web site: WHKMLA : History of the Shan States. 18 May 2010. 21 December 2010.
  3. Web site: World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma. Ben Cahoon. 2000. 21 December 2010.