Möng Sang
Former Shan State in Burma
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Möng Sang (also known as Maingsin) was a Shan state in what is today Burma.[1]
| Möng Sang | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States in personal union with Möng Hsu | |||||||||
| 1857–1959 | |||||||||
Möng Sang in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 2,650 km2 (1,020 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 30,482 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1857 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | ||||||||
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History
Möng Sang 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 states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty.[2]
Rulers
The rulers of Möng Sang/Möng Hsu bore the title of Myoza.[3]
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..)
