Hsawnghsup was one of the outlying Shan princely states in what is today Burma.
| Hsawnghsup | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 1757–1959 | |||||||||
 Hsawnghsup (Thaungdut) in a map of the Toungoo Kingdom | |||||||||
| Capital | Thaungdut | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 932 km2 (360 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 7471 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1757 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||||
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The village of Thaungdut (Hsawnghsup) was formerly the residence of the Sawbwa of Hsawnghsup State. The capital is in the upper end of the Kabaw Valley.[1]
HistoryEdit
Hsawnghsup state was founded in 1757; the first ruler was Sao Kan Po. Little is known of the history of the state before it was annexed to British Burma except that it had been a vassal state of the Kingdom of Burma.[1]
Hsawnghsup formed an exclave located to the northwest of the Shan States, within the Upper Chindwin District of British Burma and bound to the west by the princely state of Manipur. Most of the territory of the state was dense forest.[1] In 1886 the ruler of Hsawnghsup remained loyal to the British during the rebellion of the prince of Wuntho.[2]
RulersEdit
The rulers of Hsawnghsup bore the title of Saopha.[3]
SaophasEdit
- 1560 - 1580 Sao Hseng Myin
- 1580 - 1612 Sao Möng Lwin
- 1612 - 1628 Sao Hkam Kyin Hpa
- 1628 - 1650 Sao Naw Möng
- 1650 - 1659 Sao Hkam Hkaing Hpa 1st time
- 1659 - 1663 Sao Naw Lung
- 1663 - 1689 Sao Hkam Hkaing Hpa 2nd time
- 1689 - 1703 Sao Phon Gyi
- 1703 - 1727 Sao Hkam Hpa Sruang
- 1727 - 1746 Sao Chow Piam Hpa
- 1746 - 1757 Sao Hseng Tern Möng
- 1757 - 1760 Sao Kan Po
- 1760 - 1767 Sao Naw Sunt
- 1767 - 1774 Sao Phon Khone Gyi
- 1774 - 1782 Sao Hti Kyaung
- 1782 - 1813 Sao Haw Nga
- 1813 - 1827 Sao Leik Hkam
- 1827 - 1834 Sao Aung Ba -Regent
- 1834 - 22 Oct 1880 Sao Shwe Maung
- 1880 - 1893 Sao Nyi Hkam
- 1893 - 1899 Sao Hkam Muan
- 1899 - 1910 Sao Myat Tant (b. 1860)
- 1910 - 1959 Sao Hkun Hsawng (last saopha)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b c Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 217.
- ^ The Pacification of Burma, by Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
- ^ Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 7 July 2014.
External linksEdit
- "Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"
- The Imperial Gazetteer of India
- "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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