Möng Hsu

This article is about the former Shan princely state. For the town, see Mong Hsu. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Hsu Township.

Möng Hsu or Maingshu was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. The main river in the area was the Nam Pang.^[1]

Möng Hsu
State of the Shan States in personal union with Möng Sang
1857–1959
Möng Hsu in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Area
• 1901	425 km2 (164 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	17,480
History
• State founded	1857
• Abdication of the last Myoza	1959
Preceded by Succeeded by Hsenwi State Shan State

History

Möng Hsu became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal union with the neighbouring state of Möng Sang. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The residence of the Myoza was at Mong Hsu.^[2]

Rulers

The rulers of Möng Hsu/Möng Sang bore the title of Myoza, "duke" or chief of town.^[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..)