Kengcheng

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Chiang Khaeng
State of the Shan States
15th century–1896
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Capital
  • Chiang Khaeng (1400s‍–‍1858)
  • Möng Yu (1858‍–‍1885)
  • Muang Sing (1885‍–‍1896)
History 
• Foundation of the state
15th century
• Division of the state
1896
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Blank.png Chiang Hung
Kengtung State Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Muang Sing Flag of France.svg

Kengcheng, also known as Chiang Khaeng or Kyaingchaing, was one of the Shan states. In 1896, part of Keng Cheng was incorporated into the neighbouring state of Kengtung in what is today Burma, and the other part, which is now in Laos, went to French Indochina. [1]

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History

According to tradition, Chiang Khaeng was founded by Cao Fa Dek Nòi, a young prince of Chiang Hung who had been exiled from the state with a group of followers. Although there is no reliable data on the exact date of its founding, it most likely occurred in the 15th century. By the beginning of the 16th century, Chiang Khaeng had become a vassal state of Lan Na. Chiang Khaeng was conquered by King Bayinnaung in 1558 and made into a vassal state of Burma. [2]

The original capital of Chiang Khaeng was located on the eastern bank of the Mekong river near its confluence with the Luai river. [a] In 1858, Old Chiang Khaeng was abandoned and the capital was moved to Möng Yu. In 1885, the capital was moved to Muang Sing. [2]

Kengcheng remained a tributary state of the kingdoms of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. [3]

In 1896, Kengcheng was divided between British Burma and French Indochina with the Mekong as a border. The districts of the Cis-Mekong part of the state were merged with Kengtung State and the eastern districts, now the Muang Sing area, went first to Siam and then to the French. The limit between Kengtung and China was demarcated by an Anglo-Chinese commission in 1898–1899. [4]

Sir George Scott mentioned the following about the Keng Cheng Myosa: [5]

This was the unfortunate man who was told that he belonged to Siam and then that he didn't. Half his territory finally handed over to France.

Rulers

The rulers of Kengcheng had the title Ngwegunhmu and by c. 1880, it changed to Myoza. [6]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ The Luai river travels downstream from Möng Yu (in Mong Yawng District, Burma) into the Mekong

Citations

  1. ↑ Scott, James George; Hardiman, John Percy (1901). Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States. Vol. 3. AMS Press. ISBN   978-0-404-16860-5.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. 1 2 Grabowsky, Volker (1999). "lntoduction to the History of Müang Sing (Laos) prior to French Rule : the Fate of a Lü Principality". Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient. 86 (1): 233–291. doi:10.3406/befeo.1999.3413.
  3. ↑ Simms, Sanda (2013-10-11). The Kingdoms of Laos. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-86330-1.
  4. ↑ "Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  5. ↑ Scott, James George, Sir. 1934. Scott Collection: Views in Keng Tung and the Wild Wa Country.
  6. ↑ "Shan and Karenni States". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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