Monghsat or Mönghsat (also known as Mong Hsat) was small state of 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 ...
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 ...
.
History
It was a small dependency of
Kengtung State
Kengtung ( my, ကျိုင်းတုံ; shn, ၵဵင်းတုင် ''Chiang Tung;'' ), known as Menggen Prefecture ( zh, 孟艮府) or Möng Khün Chiefdom or Mueng Khuen Fu (Tai Khün: ) from 1405 to 1895, was a Shan state ...
that had been a tract of land claimed by
Mongnai State
Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē, was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mongnai town.
History
Möngnai state was founded before 1800. ...
but annexed by Kengtung along with
Mongpu further to the north. The capital and residence of the ruler was
Monghsat
Mong Hsat (Burmese language, Burmese: မိုင်းဆတ်မြို့, MLC Transcription System, MLCTS: ''muing.chat.mrui'') is a town in the Shan State of Myanmar, the capital of Mong Hsat Township. It is served by Monghsat Airport.
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town.
Little is known about this state except that its forests had been overexploited at the turn of the 20th century during
British Rule in Burma
( Burmese)
, conventional_long_name = Colony of Burma
, common_name = Burma
, era = Colonial era
, event_start = First Anglo-Burmese War
, year_start = 1824
, date_start = ...
.
Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
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References
Shan States
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