Mong Lem or Mönglem (also known as Meng-lian in Chinese; Chinese: 孟連) was a Shan state in of what is today the Menglian Dai-Lahu-Va Autonomous County of the Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan region, China.[1]
Mong Lem State | |
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State of the Shan States under the suzerainty of China | |
bf. 14th century–late 19th century | |
Mong Lem in a 1910 map including the Chinese Shan States | |
History | |
• Mong Lem state established | bf. 14th century |
• Annexed by China | late 19th century |
Today part of | Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County, China |
History
editMong Lem was one of the Koshanpye or "Nine Shan States" in China. The others were Möngmāu, Hsikwan, Möngnā, Sandā, Hosā, Lasā, Möngwan and Küngma (Köng-ma). It was a tributary both of Kingdom of Burma and China until the late 19th century when the British signed an agreement that made the Chinese Shan states become part of China.[2]
The rulers of the state bore the title saopha.
Möng Lam
Saophas
edit- Hkam Pak Hpa 1289-1309
- Thao Hkam Hueng (Thao Fai Hueng) 1308-1348
- Thao Hkam Suan (Thao Fai Suan) 1349-1406
- Thao Fai Hkan 1407-1439
- Thao Fai Hkaan 1440-1465
- Thao Fai Hke 1466-1481
- Thao Fai Htaan 1482-1492
- Thao Fai Chin 1493-1514
- Thao Fai Hpa 1515-1547
- Thao Fai Hkang 1548-1560
- Thao Fai Kyoung 1561-1581
- Thao Fai Sing 1582-1595
- Thao Fai Hkuen 1595-1603
- Thao Fai Tin 1603-1662
- Thao Fai Lae 1662-1708
- Thao Fai Yew 1709-1737
- Thao Fai Soon 1738-1762
- Thao Hseng Fai Yong (Thao Fai Yong) 1762-1765
- Thao Fai Hsen 1766-1768
- Thao Fai Sin 1769-1790
- Thao Fai Koong 1791-1805
- Thao Fai Sang 1805-1813
- Thao Fai Ming 1814-1826
- Thao Fai Soen 1827-1847
- Thao Fai Sawn 1848-1879
- Thao Fai Hua 1880-1893
- Thao Fai Yawng 1894-1930
- Thao Fai Hkong 1931-1949 (the last saopha)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Meng-lian Chief's Office (孟璉長官司)
- ^ Henry Rodolph Davies, Yün-nan: The Link Between India and the Yangtze, p. 91]