Mongkung State Explained

Conventional Long Name:Mongkung (Möngküng)
Common Name:Mongkung
Nation:the Shan States
Subdivision:State
Year Start:1835
Event Start:State founded
Year End:1959
Event End:Abdication of the last Saopha
P1:Hsenwi State
S1:Shan State
Flag S1:Flag of Shan State.svg
Image Map Caption:Möng Kung State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Stat Area1:2650
Stat Year1:1901
Stat Pop1:30482

Mongkung (also spelt Möngküng), also known as Maingkaing (Burmese: မိုင်းကိုင်), was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mong Kung, in the valley of the Nam Teng. The largest minority were Palaung people.

History

Mongkung state was founded in ancient times as Langkavadi. In 1835, after the British annexed Upper Burma and established their rule in the region, Mongkung had been formerly a feudatory state of Hsenwi.[1]

Rulers

The rulers of Mongkung bore the title Myoza in 1835-54 and 1863–73; Saopha in 1854-63 and from 1873.[2]

Saophas and Myozas

External links

21.6°N 128°W

Notes and References

  1. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_409.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 409.
  2. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar_shankaren.html Shan and Karenni States of Burma