Kehsi Mansam (also known as Kehsi Mangam and as Kyithi Bansan) was a Shan state in what is today

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. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern

Shan States The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called ''muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India. The term "Shan States" was firs ...

. Its capital was

Kehsi Kyethi( shn, ဝဵင်းၵေႇသီႇ; my, ကျေးသီးမြို့)(Kyethi or Kehsi) is the main town of Kyethi Township, Loilem District, in the Shan State of Burma. The main town is Kesi (Kyethi or Kehsi). Highway 442 passe ...

town, located by the

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. The state included 378 villages and the population was mostly Shan, but there were also some

Palaung people The Palaung ( my, ပလောင် လူမျိုး ; Thai: ปะหล่อง, also written as Benglong Palong) or Ta'ang are a Mon–Khmer ethnic minority found in Shan State of Burma, Yunnan Province of China and Northern Thailand. I ...

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History

Kehsi Mansam became independent from

Hsenwi State Hsenwi ( shn, သဵၼ်ႈဝီ; tdd, ᥔᥦᥢᥲ ᥝᥤᥴ), also known as Theinni ( my, သိန္နီ), was a Shan state in the Northern Shan States in what is today Burma. The capital was Hsenwi town. History Most Tai Yai chronicl ...

in 1860. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the

Shan states The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called ''muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India. The term "Shan States" was firs ...

submitted to British rule after the fall of the

Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

. Kehsi Mansam included the small substate of

Kenglon Kenglon (also spelt Kenglön), also known as Kyainglun ( my, ကျိုင်းလွန်း) was a small Shan state in what is today Burma. History Kenglon used to be a part of North Hsenwi. It became independent from the state of Hsenwi in ...

(Kenglön), located in the southeastern part and almost totally encircled by Kehsi Mansam. In 1926 Kenglon State was incorporated into Kehsi Mansam.

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title

Myoza Myoza or Myosa ( my, မြို့စား}) is a high-ranking royal title and position for Burmese royalty and nobility. History The monarch had all the power to control everything in the kingdom. Below the monarch rank, minor queens, princes, ...

. *1860 - 1881 Hkun Yawt *1881 - 1914 Hkun Yawt Hseng (b. 1844 - d. 1914) *1914 - 19.. Hkun Long (b. 1881 - d. 19..)

References

External links

"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"
Shan States {{ShanState-geo-stub