Tawngpeng State

Tawngpeng
State of the Shan States
1793–1959 →
Tawngpeng State in a map of the Shan States
Capital Namhsan
History
 • State founded 1793
 • Disestablished Abdication of the last ruler 1959
Area
 • 1901 2,015 km2 (778 sq mi)
Population
 • 1901 22,681 
Density 11.3 /km2  (29.2 /sq mi)

Tawngpeng (Loi Lung in Shan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Northern Shan States. The capital was Namhsan (Om-yar).

History

The predecessor state was named Pappatasara. Not much is known about the history of the state before the 19th century, all that is available are legends.

Tawngpeng state was founded in 1753; it was the only Palaung kingdom in the former Shan States, the ruling family belonging to this ethnic group as well, although adopting the paraphernalia and the style of ethnic Shan rulers.[1] The people of the area are predominantly of the Ka-tur (Samlong) tribe.[2] The main industry of this mostly hilly state was tea production. Before British rule in Burma two successive saophas were executed and a further one was murdered.[3]

Rulers

The rulers of Tawngpeng State bore the title Saopha.[4]

Saophas

References

  1. ↑ From Tea to Temples and Texts: Transformation of the Interfaces of Upland-Lowland Interaction on the China-Myanmar Border
  2. ↑ Milne, Mrs. Leslie (1924) The Home of an Eastern Clan: A study of the Palaungs of the Shan states Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, OCLC 5226811
  3. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 268.
  4. ↑ Shan and Karenni States of Burma

Coordinates: 22°57′N 97°9′E / 22.950°N 97.150°E / 22.950; 97.150

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