Mong Lem Explained

Conventional Long Name:Mong Lem State
Common Name:Mong Lem
Nation:the Shan States under the suzerainty of China
Subdivision:State
Year Start:bf. 14th century
Event Start:Mong Lem state established
Year End:late 19th century
Event End:Annexed by China
Image Map Caption:Mong Lem in a 1910 map including the Chinese Shan States
Today:Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County, China

Mong Lem or Mönglem (also known as Meng-lian in Chinese;) was a Shan state in of what is today the Menglian Dai-Lahu-Va Autonomous County of the Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan region, China.[1]

History

Mong Lem was one of the Koshanpye or "Nine Shan States" in China. The others were Möngmāu, Hsikwan, Möngnā, Sandā, Hosā, Lasā, Möngwan and Küngma (Köng-ma).It was a tributary both of Kingdom of Burma and China until the late 19th century when the British signed an agreement that made the Chinese Shan states become part of China.[2]

The rulers of the state bore the title saopha.

Möng Lam

Saophas

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/place/1130 Meng-lian Chief's Office (孟璉長官司)
  2. Henry Rodolph Davies, Yün-nan: The Link Between India and the Yangtze, p. 91

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