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Mongpai, also known as Mobye ( my, မိုးဗြဲ),
was a
Shan state in 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 belonged to the Central 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 ...
.
[Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 406.](_blank)
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References
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External links
"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"
The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Shan States
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