Kengcheng

Kengcheng or Keng Cheng (also known as Kyaingchaing and Chiang Khaeng) was one of the Shan states. In 1896, part of Keng Cheng was incorporated into the neighbouring state of Kengtung in what is today Burma, and the other part, which is now in Laos, went to French Indochina.[1]

Kengcheng State
State of the Shan States
18th century–1896

History 
• Foundation of the state
18th century
• Division of the state
1896
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Konbaung Dynasty
Kengtung State
Muang Sing

History

Kengcheng was a tributary state of the King of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The capital of Keng Cheng was at Muang Sing (now part of Laos).[2]

In 1896, Kengcheng was divided between British Burma and French Indochina with the Mekong as a border. The districts of the Cis-Mekong part of the state were merged with Kengtung State and the eastern districts, now the Muang Sing area, went first to Siam and then to the French. The limit between Kengtung and China was demarcated by an Anglo-Chinese commission in 1898–1899.[3]

Sir George Scott mentioned the following about the Keng Cheng Myosa:[4]

This was the unfortunate man who was told that he belonged to Siam and then that he didn't. Half his territory finally handed over to France.

Rulers

The rulers of Kengcheng had the title Ngwegunhmu and by c. 1880, it changed to Myoza.[5]

ReignRulerRemarks
? - 1881Sao Kawng Taid. 1885
1881 - 1882Sao Hsiri
1882 - 1892Hkun Hsangb. 1862 - d. 19..

References
  1. Scott, James George; Hardiman, John Percy (1901). Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States. 3. AMS Press. ISBN 978-0-404-16860-5.
  2. Simms, Sanda (2013-10-11). The Kingdoms of Laos. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-86330-1.
  3. "Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  4. Scott, James George, Sir. 1934. Scott Collection: Views in Keng Tung and the Wild Wa Country.
  5. "Shan and Karenni States". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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