Monghsu or Maingshu 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 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 ...

. The main river in the area was the

Nam Pang The Nam Pang River, also known as Pang River, is a major river of Shan State, eastern Burma. It is the largest tributary of the Salween River. Course Its source is in the hills northeast of Pangkyehtu and it flows by the town of Kunhing. The Nam ...

History

Monghsu became independent from

Hsenwi Theinni or Hsenwi ( shn, ; my, သိန္နီ, ; th, แสนหวี, , ) is a town in northern Shan State of Burma, situated near the north bank of the Nam Tu River and now the centre of Hsenwi Township in Lashio District. It is nort ...

in 1857 under a

personal union A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interlink ...

with the neighbouring state of

Mongsang Mongsang (also known as Maingsin) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. History Mongsang became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal union with the neighbouring state of Monghsu. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan ...

. 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 ...

. The residence of the Myoza was at

Mong Hsu Mong Hsu is the principal town of Mong Hsu Township of Shan State. History It was the main town of one of the Shan States, Monghsu Monghsu or Maingshu was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern ...

Rulers

The rulers of Monghsu/Möngsang bore the title of ''

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, ...

, "duke" or chief of town''.

Myozas

*1857 - 1879 Hkun Mon *1879 - 1901 Hkun Maha *1901 - 1917 Hkun Kyaw (b. 1845 - d. 1917) *1917 - 19.. Hkun Sao (Hkun Saw) (b. 1845 - d. 19..)

References

External links

"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Shan States 1857 establishments in Asia Former states of Myanmar {{ShanState-geo-stub