Mongyang or Möngyang (Burmese: မိုးညှင်း, romanized: Mohnyin; also known as Mong Yang; Thai: เมืองยาง) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was an outlying territory, located away from the main Shan State area in present-day Kachin State. The state existed before 1400 and after 1604. The main town was Mohnyin (Mong Yang).
History
Möngyang (Mong Yang) was a Shan state established at an uncertain date before the 15th century with the town of Mohnyin as its capital. In 1527 Mongyang armies succeeded in capturing Ava, upsetting the delicate power balance that had existed in the area for nearly two centuries.[1]
A record of the conquest of Mongyang in 1557 is mentioned in a bell inscription relating the conquests of King Bayinnaung.[2]
Occupied by the Taungoo dynasty of Burma between 1579 and 1584, the state was extinguished in 1604.[3]
Rulers
Saophas:
- 605–642 Hkun Hpa (2nd son of Hkun Lu)
- 642-658 Hkun Hkam Ton Wun son
- 658-680 Hso Waing Hpa son
- 680-703 Hso Parn Möng son
- 703-733 Hso Hkong Hkam son
- 733-750 Hso Yawt Hpa son
- 750-780 Hseng Hkam Hpa son
- 780-803 Hseng Yawk Hpa son
- 803-846 Ai Sang Hkwan Hpa son
- 846-889 Ai Mo Sang Hkam son
- 889-904 Kang Kyaung Hpa son
- 904-940 Ai Hseng Kam Kyai son
- 940–964 Hso Kyan Hpa son
- 964-1001 Hso Yap Hpa son
- 1001-1016 Hso Yawk Hpa son
- 1016-1036 Hso Young Hpa son
- 1036-1045 Hso Srang Hpa younger brother
- 1045-1066 Hso Ngam Hpa nephew
- 1066-1084 Hso Ngom Hpa son of Srang
- 1084-1112 Hso Hom Hpa son of Ngam
- 1112-1133 Hso Hon Hpa son of Hom
- 1133-1150 Hso Gam Hpa son of Hom
- 1150-1175 Hso Pong Hpa son
- 1175-1199 Hso Dang Hpa son (Ai Moe Kang Hkam)
- 1199-1234 Hso Haw Hpa son
- 1234-1246 Hso Hing Hpa son
- 1246-1268 Hso Kyaw Hpa son
- 1268-1290 Hso Poi Hpa son
- 1290-1311 Hso Kawn Hpa son
- 1311-1333 Hso Aown Hpa son
- 1333-1350 Kyan Long Hpa (Huan Sam Hnaung ᥔᥣᥛᥴ ᥘᥨᥒᥴ / Sao Sam Ta ᥓᥝᥲ ᥔᥣᥛᥴ ᥖᥣ )
- 1350-1358 Hso Han Hpa son
- 1358-1368 Sao Hkun Law
- 1368-1372 Sao Pu Rieng
- 1372–1381 Sao Dyert Hpa
- 1381–1384 Sao Aung Myat
- 1384–1393 Hkun Dern Hpa
- 1393–1404 Sao Hong Hpa
- 1404–1414 Sao Ping Hpa
- 1414–1430 Hso Kyaung Hpa son
- 1430–1442 Hso Ngan Hpa son
- 1442–1449 Hso Chi Hpa ᥔᥫᥴ ᥐᥤ ᥜᥣᥳ died 1454 (son of Hso Ngan Hpa)
- 1449–1451 Hso Lui Hpa 1st time son
- 1451–1461 Hso Bou Hpa
- 1461–1480 Hso Hong Hpa ᥔᥫᥴ ᥞᥨᥛᥲ ᥜᥣᥳ
- 1486–1519 Hso Lui Hpa 2nd time (son of Hso Chi Hpa)
- 1519–1533 Hso Long Hpa (Hso Kyeng Hpa, Hso Lun Hpa, Hso Yiam Hpa) son (born 2 April 1486)
- 1533–1547 Sao Sui Kiao (son of Hso Long Hpa)
- 1547–1564 Hso Hkuan Hpa (younger brother of Sao Sui Kiao)
- 1564–1580 Hso Hkoe Hpa (son of Sao Sui Kiao)
- 1580–1586 Hso Wei Hpa (Hso Yi Hpa or Hso Kyoen Hpa) son of Hso Khuan Hpa
- 1586–1591 Hso Yoen Hpa (son of Hso Hkoe Hpa)
- 1591–1604 Hso Hueng Hpa (son of Hso Yoen Hpa)
- 1604–1636 Hso Kwang Hpa (son of Hso Hueng Hpa)
- 1636–1652 Nang Chu Paw (Mahadewi of Hso Kwang Hpa regent instead her son was too young)
- 1652–1674 Sao Yawt Chai (son of Hso Kwang Hpa)
- 1674–1697 Hso Hkowt Hpa son
- 1697–1713 Hso Soet Hpa son
- 1713–1726 Hso Suek Hpa soon
- 1726–1738 Thao Möng Han son
- 1738–1753 Thao Yawt Hkam son
- 1753–1773 Hkun Kyaw Hpa son
- 1773–1793 Sai Hkam Paw Maing son
- 1793–1805 Ai Hso Hi Hkaing son
- 1805–1816 Thao Oob Sai Hkaw son
- 1816–1845 Thao Ka Le son
- 1845–1876 Thao Yawt Sai Hkaw son
- 1876–1924 Sao Yawt Sang Poi son
- 1924-1934 Thao Hlaing Gan Chai younger brother
- 1934-1940 Sao Hpo Rieng son killed by japanese troop
- 1940-1946 Ai Hseng Khaing Möng younger brother take the poison and death (last saopha)
Myowuns
Under the Konbaung dynasty the area of the former state was administered by a Viceroy called a Myowun, who was appointed by the king and possessed civil, judicial, fiscal and military powers.
- 1853–18?? Nemyo Minhtin Themanta Yaza (Six Myowuns – Mohnyin, Kawng Ton, Shwegu, Moe Ta, Yin khia, Kat Hsa)
Popular culture
Mong Yang is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.
