Monghsu Explained

Conventional Long Name:Monghsu (Mönghsu)
Common Name:Mönghsu
Nation:the Shan States in personal union with Mongsang
Subdivision:State
Year Start:1857
Event Start:State founded
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:Möng Hsu State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Stat Area1:425
Stat Year1:1901
Stat Pop1:17480

Monghsu or Maingshu was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. The main river in the area was the Nam Pang.[1]

History

Monghsu became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal union with the neighbouring state of Mongsang. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The residence of the Myoza was at Mong Hsu.[2]

Rulers

The rulers of Monghsu/Möngsang bore the title of Myoza, "duke" or chief of town.[3]

Myozas

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: WHKMLA : History of the Shan States. 18 May 2010. 21 December 2010.
  2. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=17&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_395.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
  3. Web site: World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma. Ben Cahoon. 2000. 7 July 2014.