Mongnai State

This article is about one of the former Shan States. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Nai Township. For the town, see Mong Nai.
Mongnai (Mone)
State of the Shan States
bf. 1800–1959
Möng Nai State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Capital Mong Nai
History
  State founded bf. 1800
  Abdication of the last Saopha 1959
Area
  1901 5,129 km2 (1,980 sq mi)
Population
  1901 44,252 
Density 8.6 /km2  (22.3 /sq mi)
The Gate at Mongnai in a picture by Sir James George Scott.

Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone or Monè,[1] 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.[2]

History

Möngnai state was founded before 1800. According to tradition a predecessor state named Saturambha had existed previously in the area.[3]

Mongnai included the substates of Kengtawng and Kenghkam. The latter was annexed in 1882.

Rulers (title Myoza)

Rulers (title Saopha)

Ritual style Kambawsa Rahta Mahawunthiri Pawara Thudamaraza.[4]

References

  1. Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  2. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 405.
  3. Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  4. "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

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Coordinates: 20°31′N 97°52′E / 20.517°N 97.867°E / 20.517; 97.867

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