Möng Pai

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Möng Pai, also known as Mobye (Burmese: မိုးဗြဲ), was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Central Division of the Southern Shan States. Möng Pai was based in the modern town of Mobye.

History

One of Möng Pai's rulers, Sao Hsö Kaw Hpa, became the disputed leader of the Confederation of Shan states and ruled Ava from 1545 to 1551. Hsö Kaw Hpa was appointed as the chief of Möng Pai by Hkonmaing, his father and saopha of Onbaung-Hsipaw.

Saophas

1526 - 1541 Vacant

30 Dec 1907 - 26 May 1908 Vacant

References

  1. ↑ Scott, James George; Hardiman, John Percy (1899). Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States. superintendent, Government printing, Burma.
  2. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 406.
  3. ↑ Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing. p. 146.

Sources

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