Mong Lem or Mönglem (also known as Meng-lian in
Chinese
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; ) was a
Shan state in of what is today the
Menglian
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County () is an autonomous county in the southwest of Yunnan, Yunnan Province, China, bordering Ximeng County to the north, Lancang County to the north, northeast, and east, and Burma's Shan State to the south ...
Dai-
Lahu-
Va Autonomous County of the
Pu'er Prefecture
Pu'er is a prefecture-level city in southern Yunnan Province, China. The urban administrative center of Pu'er is Simao District, which is also the former name of the prefecture-level city itself. A major downturn in the price of tea in 2007 cause ...
,
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
region,
China.
History
Mong Lem was one of the ''
Koshanpye'' or "Nine Shan States" in China. The others were Möngmāu, Hsikwan, Möngnā, Sandā, Hosā, Lasā, Möngwan and
Küngma (Köng-ma).
It was a tributary both of
Kingdom of Burma
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
and China until the late 19th century when the British signed an agreement that made the Chinese
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 fi ...
become part of
China.
[Henry Rodolph Davies, ''Yün-nan: The Link Between India and the Yangtze'', p. 91]]
The rulers of the state bore the title ''
saopha
Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
''.
Möng Lam
Saophas
* Hkam Pak Hpa 1278-?
* Tau Saikwi 1534-1549
* Tau Phai Hpa 1549-1584
* Tau Phaikhang 1584-1612
* Tau Phaiyen 1612-1664
* Tau Phaisong 1664-1688
* Tau Phaikhyen 1688-1721
* Tau Phaitin 1721-1748
* Tau Phaisun 1748-1758
* Tau Phaimyin 1795-1810
* Sao Hkam Som (younger brother of Tau Phaimyin) 1810-1848
* Sao Hong Hkam (nephew of Sao Hkam Som and son of Tau Phaimyin) 1848-1879
* Sao Main Hkam 1879-?
See also
*
Chiang Hung
Chiang Hung, Sipsongpanna or Keng Hung ( th, เมืองหอคำเชียงรุ่ง; Mueang Ho Kham Chiang Rung, zh, 車里 or 江洪) was one of the states of Shans under the suzerainty of Burma and China.
Chiang Hung was inh ...
References
External links
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County, Si Mao City, Yunnan Province (云南省思茅市孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县): 665800
Shan States
Former countries in Chinese history
Tusi in Yunnan
Pu'er City
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