Möng Pawn State

Not to be confused with Möng Pan (state).

Möng Pawn, also known as Maingpun (Burmese: မိုင်းပွန်), was a Shan state in what is today Burma. The state was part of the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States and was located south of Laihka State in the valley of the Nam Pawn river.

Möng Pawn မိုင်းပွန်နယ်
State of the Shan States
1816–1959
Möng Pawn in a map of the Shan States
Area
• 1901	960 km2 (370 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	13,143
History
• Foundation of the kingdom of Rajjavadi	1816
• Abdication of the last Saopha	1959
Preceded by Succeeded by Ava Kingdom Shan State

The ruler of Mongpawn, first in the front row from the left, at the Delhi Durbar in 1903

History

According to tradition a predecessor state in the area was named Rajjavadi. Möng Pawn was founded in 1816 under the overlordship of Möng Nai. Historically Möng Pawn played an important part before the British annexation of Upper Burma, at the time of the Burmese resistance movement 1885–95. The ruler of Möng Pawn was an active supporter of the Limbin Prince, Kanaung Mintha, also known as Prince Limbin, was a son of King Tharrawaddy Min.

Traditionally about two thirds of the population in the state belonged to the Shan and about one third to the Pa'O people groups, the former living in the valley and the latter on the hilly areas.^[1]

Rulers

The rulers of Möng Pawn bore the title of Myoza and from 1887, Saopha.^[2]

Myozas

• 1816–1860: Sao Hkun Lek (d. 1860)
• 1860–1882: Sao Hkun Hti (1847–1928)

Saophas

• 1882–1928: Sao Hkun Hti (s.a.)
• 1928 – 19 Jul 1947: Sao Sam Htun (b. 1907–d. 1947)
• 20 July 1947 – 1958: Sao Hsè Hom (b. 1936)