Kehsi Mansam

This article is about the former Shan princely state. For the present-day administrative division, see Kyethi Township. For the town, see Kyethi.
Kehsi Mansam (Kyithi Bansan)
State of the Shan States
←
1860–1959 →
Kehsi Mansam State in a map of the Shan States
Capital Kehsi
History
 • Independent from Hsenwi 1860
 • Abdication of the last Myoza 1959
Area
 • 1901 1,017 km2 (393 sq mi)
Population
 • 1901 22,062 
Density 21.7 /km2  (56.2 /sq mi)

Kehsi Mansam (also known as Kehsi Mangam and as Kyithi Bansan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Kehsi town, located by the Nam Heng River. The state included 378 villages and the population was mostly Shan, but there were also some Palaung people (Yins) in the area[1]

History

Kehsi Mansam became independent from Hsenwi State in 1860. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty.

Kehsi Mansam included the small substate of Kenglon (Kenglön), located in the southeastern part and almost totally encircled by Kehsi Mansam. In 1926 Kenglon State was incorporated into Kehsi Mansam.[2]

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title Myoza.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 196.
  2. ↑ "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 21 December 2010.

Coordinates: 22°1′30″N 98°1′0″E / 22.02500°N 98.01667°E / 22.02500; 98.01667

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