Möng Pai, also known as Mobye (), was a Shan state in what is today

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. It belonged to the Central Division of the Southern Shan States.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 406.
/ref> Möng Pai was based in the modern town of

Mobye Mobye (; also spelt Mobre or Moe Bye) is a village tract within Pekon Township, Shan State, Myanmar. It is located on the southern end of the Mobye Reservoir located south of Inle Lake and contains the lowest point within Pekon Township at . Th ...

History

One of Möng Pai's rulers, Sao Hsö Kaw Hpa, became the disputed leader of the

Confederation of Shan states The Shan States were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called '' möng'' whose rulers bore the title '' saopha'' (''sawbwa''). In British Burma, they were analogous to the princely states of British India. The term "Shan States" was fir ...

and ruled

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from 1545 to 1551. Hsö Kaw Hpa was appointed as the chief of Möng Pai by

Hkonmaing Hkonmaing ( , ; also Hkonmaing Nge, Sao Hkun Mong;Aung Tun 2009: 104 1497–1545) was king of Ava from 1542 to 1545. The '' saopha'' of the Shan state of Onbaung–Hsipaw was elected by the Ava court to the Ava throne in 1542, by extension the ...

, his father and saopha of Onbaung-Hsipaw.

Saophas

* 1434 - 1449 Bot Hsang Hom Hkam * 1449 - 1472 Hsan Meik Hpa Hom (son) * 1472 - 1510 Hso Nyen Hpa aka Nawn Ging Hpa (son) * 1510 - 1526 Hso Kyaung Hpa (son) 1526 - 1541 Vacant * 1541 - 1546 Hso Kaw Hpa (son of Sao Hkun Möng of

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) * 1546 - 1581 Hkam Kaw Hpa (son) * 1581 - 1615 Maw Kya (bro) * 1615 - 1639 Nan Pè (Hseng Hsawng Möng),(son) * 1639 - 1661 Loi Sam Hpa (son) * 1661 - 1679 Hkam Kyawt Hpa (son) * 1679 - 1682 Hkam Htat Hpa (son) fled to

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with his younger brother Nga Hseng, Nga Si, Nga San * 1685 - 1692 Nga Sawng from Mong Yin (bro) * 1692 - 1759 Vacant * 1759 - 1763 Nga The Mang (bro) * 1763 - 1766 Hkun Pye (son of Sao Naw Hseng, the ancient line from Bot Hsang Hom Hkam) 1st time * 1766 - 17.. Ye Kyaw Dewa (1st time) from Lawk Sawk * 17.. - 1783 Sao Dwant Wad from Thigyit * 1783 - 1803 Ye Kyaw Dewa (2nd time) * 1803 - 1805 Hkun Pya 2nd time * 1805 - 1808 Hkan Mawng * 1808 - 1820 Hkan Hlaing or Hkun Hkam Long (1st time) (d. 1836) * 1820 - 1823 Atwinwun Nga Kyi (Burmese soldier, Regent) * 1823 - Jul 1836 Hkan Hlaing or Hkun Hkam Long (2nd time) * Sep 1837 - 1843 Hkun Yon (son),(b. 18.. - d. 1900) he has three brother Hkun Pan and Hkun Hmôm and Hkan Hlaing, Hkun Hkan Ne, Nge Ye Kyaw who objected him as ''Sawbwa'' assassinated by Nga Tôk and Nga Tun * 1843 - 1844 Hkun Sôn Myook (moved to be ''saopha'' of Mong Hkawng in one place of

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after one year he assassinated) * 1844 - 1891 Hkun Yon 2nd time * 1891 - 30 Dec 1907 Hkun Hsuriya (b. 1852 - d. 1907) handed with his cousin Hkun Lôn Myook 30 Dec 1907 - 26 May 1908 Vacant * 26 May 1908 - 1952/59 Hkun Ping Nya (b. 1881 - d. 19..)

References

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External links

"Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Shan States {{ShanState-geo-stub