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Saopha (lit. 'lord of the heavens'), also
spelled Sawbwa, was the
title used by
hereditary rulers of Shan
states in
Upper Myanmar.
Chaopha or Chao Fa were...
- of
Myanmar and
another saopha of Hsenwi), Hsipaw,
along with
Kengtung and
Yawnghwe were the
wealthiest and most
powerful saopha states in Shan State. Between...
- 1962) was a politician, a
mining engineer, an
agriculturalist and the last
Saopha of
Hsipaw State, Myanmar, from 1947 to 1959. He
studied mining engineering...
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October 2016) was a
prince of Yawnghwe. He was a son of Sao Shwe Thaik, the
Saopha of
Yawnghwe and Sao Nang
Hearn Kham, the
Mahadevi (consort). He was a consulting...
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succeeded by his son
Colonel Sao Yang Wen Ping (楊文炳/杨文炳, Yáng Wénbǐng),
Saopha of Kokang. 1739–1758: Yang
Shien Tsai (Cai) (b. 1685 – d. 1758) 1758–1795:...
- 37th
saopha of Mong Mao Long) and
Mahadevi Phlak Hkam Hsen Mawng,
daughter of Sao Tai Lung, the 45th (Sao Pam Myo Pung, his son the 46th
saopha, handed...
- 1874 — 1935) was a
Saopha of
Kenghkam State. She was the only
female Saopha in
Burma and Shan History. She
married Hkun Un,
Saopha of
Kenghkam and became...
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collection of
minor Shan
kingdoms called möng
whose rulers bore the
title saopha (sawbwa) in
British Burma. They were
analogous to the
princely states of...
- Long.
According to Tai chronicles, the
kingdom was
founded in 1215 by a
saopha named Sam Long Hpa, who
ruled over an area
stretching from
Hkamti Lông to...
- Sao Shwe
Thaik was the
first president of the
Union of
Burma and the last
Saopha of
Yawnghwe he
married Sao Nang
Hearn Kham of the
royal family of North...
