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]
History
Mong 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
- Hkam Pak Hpa 1289-1309
- Town Hkam Hueng (Town Fai Hueng) 1308-1348
- Town Hkam Suan (Town Fai Suan) 1349-1406
- Town Fai Hkan 1407-1439
- Town Fai Hkaan 1440-1465
- Town Fai Hke 1466-1481
- Town Fai Taan 1482-1492
- Town Fai Chin 1493-1514
- Town Fai Hpa 1515-1547
- Town Fai Hkang 1548-1560
- Town Fai Kyoung 1561-1581
- Town Fai Sing 1582-1595
- Town Fai Kyen 1595-1603
- Town Fai Tin 1603-1662
- Town Fai Lae 1662-1708
- Town Fai Yew 1709-1737
- Town Fai Soon 1738-1762
- Town Hseng Fai Yong (Town Fai Yong) 1762-1765
- Town Fai Hsen 1766-1768
- Town Fai Sin 1769-1790
- Town Fai Koong 1791-1805
- Town Fai Sang 1805-1813
- Town Fai Ming 1814-1826
- Town Fai Soen 1827-1847
- Town Fai Sone 1848-1879
- Town Fai Hua 1880-1893
- Town Fai Yawng 1894-1930
- Town Fai Hkong 1931-1949 (the last saopha)
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