Sao Kawng Kiao Intaleng Explained

Type:monarch
Sao Kawng Kiao Intaleng
Reign:1896 - 1935
Coronation:1895
Succession:Saopha of Kengtung State
Successor:Sao Sailong
Suc-Type:Successor
Reg-Type:Chief Minister
Spouse:Six wives
Issue:19 children, including Sao Saimong, Sao Nang Sukantha
Mother:Thuwunna Mahadewi
Birth Date:1875
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Sao Kawng Kiao Intaleng succeeded his brother to become the 53rd ruler (Sawbwa) of the Shan state of Kengtung in 1895. He, his first wife, and his sister, Princess Tip Htila, all attended the Delhi Durbar in 1903 in a party of Shan princes guided by J. G. Scott. After this journey, in 1905, he built a new palace in Imperial Indian style at his capital, Kengtung. He was a popular and capable ruler, and abolished domestic slavery in the state. He died in 1935.

The Kengtung State Chronicle lists his six wives and nineteen children. The politician and scholar Sao Sāimöng was one of his sons.

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