Monghsu

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.
Monghsu (Mönghsu)
State of the Shan States in personal union with Mongsang

1857–1959
Möng Hsu State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
History
  State founded 1857
  Abdication of the last Myoza 1959
Area
  1901 425 km2 (164 sq mi)
Population
  1901 17,480 
Density 41.1 /km2  (106.5 /sq mi)

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]

History

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]

Rulers

The rulers of Monghsu/Möngsang bore the title of Myoza.[3]

Myozas

References

Coordinates: 21°48′N 98°21′E / 21.800°N 98.350°E / 21.800; 98.350

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