15 Facts About Shan States

Shan States were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called muang whose rulers bore the title saopha in British Burma.

Term "Shan States" was first used during the British rule in Burma as a geopolitical designation for certain areas of Burma .

In some cases, the Siamese Shan States was used to refer to Lan Na and Chinese Shan States to the Shan regions in southern Yunnan such as Xishuangbanna.

The newly founded Shan States were multi-ethnic states that included a substantial number of other ethnic minorities such as the Chin, Palaung, Lisu, Pa-O, Kachin, Wa, and Burmans.

Shan States were a dominant force in the politics of Upper Burma throughout the 13th to 16th centuries.

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The Mohnyin-led Confederation of Shan States captured the Ava Kingdom in 1527 and ruled Upper Burma until 1555.

Shan States were too fragmented to resist the encroachment of bigger neighbours.

When Burma gained independence in 1948, the Federated Shan States became Shan State and Kayah State of the Union of Burma with the right to secede from the Union.

The larger Shan States in turn paid tribute to larger neighbours such as the Ava, the Burmese Kingdom and China.

Shan States people have inhabited the Shan States Hills and other parts of northern modern-day Burma as far back as the 10th century AD.

The newly founded Shan States were multi-ethnic states that included a substantial number of other ethnic minorities like the Chin, Palaung, Pa-O, Kachin, Akha, Lahu, Wa and Burmans.

The most powerful Shan states were Mohnyin and Mogaung in present-day Kachin State, followed by Theinni, Thibaw, Momeik and Kyaingtong in present-day northern Shan State.

Confederation of Shan States were a group of Shan States that conquered the Ava Kingdom in 1527 and ruled Upper Burma until 1555.

Chinese Shan States were petty states or small territories of Shan people ruled by local monarchs under the suzerainty of China.

Vassal states to more powerful empires of China, these Shan States gained a measure of independence in the power vacuum left after the Dali Kingdom in Yunnan fell to the Yuan dynasty.