Loi-ai (also known as Lwe-e) was a
Shan state in the
Myelat
Myelat ( my, မြေလတ်) is a historical region of the southwestern Shan State of Myanmar. Originally this region included some of the smaller states typically ruled by " Myosas" (chief of town) or " Ngwegunhmus" (silver revenue chief), ...
region of what is today
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. It was one of the westernmost Shan states, bordering with
Yamethin district
Yamethin District ( my, ရမည်းသင်း) is a district of the Mandalay Region in central Myanmar.
Townships
The district contains the following townships:
*Pyawbwe Township
Pyawbwe Township is a township of Yamethin District in the ...
of
Upper Burma
Upper Myanmar ( my, အထက်မြန်မာပြည်, also called Upper Burma) is a geographic region of Myanmar, traditionally encompassing Mandalay and its periphery (modern Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway Regions), or more broadly speak ...
. The capital was Lonpo (
Aungpan) and the population was mostly
Pa-O
, native_name_lang = my
, image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg
, caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State
, population = 1,400,000 (2014 est.)
, popplace = Myanmar, Thailand
, rels ...
, but there were also
Danu,
Shan and
Karen people
The Karen, kjp, ပ်ုဖၠုံဆိုဒ်, my, ကရင်လူမျိုး, , th, กะเหรี่ยง ( ), also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language ...
in the area.
History
Loi-ai was a subsidiary state of
Yawnghwe
Yawnghwe ( shn, ယွင်ႈႁူၺ်ႈ), known as Nyaungshwe ( my, ညောင်ရွှေ) in Burmese, was a Shan state in what is today Myanmar. It was one of the most important of the Southern Shan States. Yawnghwe state include ...
, another state of the Myelat 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 ...
. Loi ai State merged with
Hsamönghkam State in 1930.
Rulers
The rulers bore the title ''
Ngwegunhmu
The Shan State, a state of Myanmar (also known as Burma), was once made up of a large number of traditional monarchies or fiefdoms. These are collectively known as Shan States. Ranks of rulers
Three ranks of chiefs were recognized by the King of B ...
''.
Shan and Karenni States of Burma
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Ngwegunhmus
*.... - .... Maung Baung st ruler*.... - .... Maung Maing
*.... - 1814 Paw Kyi
*1814 - 1834 Maung Shwe
*1834 - 1864 Kaw Thaw
*1864 - 1868 Maung Kaing (d. 1870)
*1868 - 1869 Nga Meik -Regent
*1869 - 1870 Nga Hpo -Regent
*1870 - Oct 1903 Hkun Shwe Kyn (b. 18.. - d. 1903)
*Oct 1903 - 1913 Maung Po Kinm (b. 1876 - d. 1913)
*1913 - 1925 Chit Pa -Regent (b. 1853 - d. 19..)
*1913 - 19.. Maung Sao Maung (b. 1904 - d. ....)
References
External links
*
The Imperial Gazetteer of India
19th century in Burma
Shan States
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