| Monghsu (Mönghsu) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of the Shan States in personal union with Mongsang | |||||||||
| 1857–1959 | |||||||||
 Möng Hsu State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 425 km2 (164 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 17480 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1857 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | ||||||||
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Monghsu 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]
Monghsu became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal union with the neighbouring state of Mongsang. 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]
The rulers of Monghsu/Möngsang bore the title of Myoza, "duke" or chief of town. [3]
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