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Name: hsenwi

Type: Cluster

Start: 801 AD

End: 1888 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Hsenwi
  • Hsenwi (Burma)
  • Hsenwi (Princely State)
  • Establishment


  • January 801: The state of Hsenwi was established by Shan people in the 7th century. It was also known as Siviraṭṭha.
  • Chronology


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    1. Ten Great Campaigns


    Were a series of military campaigns launched by the Qing dynasty of China in the mid-late 18th century during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.

    1.1.Sino-Burmese War

    Was a war between Qing China and the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma. The war consisted of a series of unsuccesful Chinese invasions of Burma.

    1.1.1.Second invasion (Sino-Burmese War)

    Was the invasion of Burma by the Qing Dynasty, the third of four that form the Sino-Burmese War (1765-1769).

  • January 1768: Burmese commander Ne Myo Sithu retook the city of Bhamo.

  • 1.1.2.Third Chinese invasion of Burma

    Was the invasion of Burma by the Qing Dynasty, the second of four that form the Sino-Burmese War (1765-1769).

    1.1.2.1.Chinese Attack

    Was the Chinese invasion of Burma in 1767.

  • November 1767: Qing general Mingrui's main army occupied the Shan states of Hsenwi and Hsipaw.
  • January 1768: Battle of Goteik Gorge: The Chinese victory cleared the way for the main Chinese army to Ava, the Burmese capital.

  • 1.1.2.2.Burmese counter-attack

    Was the Burmese counterattack against the Chinese invasion of 1767.

  • April 1768: In early 1768 two Burmese armies led by Maha Thiha Thura and Ne Myo Sithu succeeded in retaking Hsenwi.

  • 2. Anglo-Indian Wars


    Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.

    2.1.Anglo-Burmese Wars

    Were a series of wars between the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. After the third and last war, Burma was annexed to British India.

    2.1.1.Third Anglo-Burmese War

    Was the last of a series of wars between the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. Burma was annexed to British India.

  • January 1886: The Shan States and Karenni States became princely states of the British Empire after the defeat of Burma in the Anglo-Burmese Wars.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1244: The state of Kengtung was founded in 1243 by a prince named Mang Kun.

  • January 1257: Mong Mao, a Tai kingdom, emerged in 1256 in Ruili, Yunnan, after the fall of the Kingdom of Dali to the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in 1254. The kingdom was ruled by King Mangrai, a descendant of the legendary Tai ruler Khun Borom.

  • January 1558: Bayinnaung of Burma conquered all of Shan States in a series of military campaigns from 1556 to 1557.

  • January 1740: The Chiefdom of Kokang was officially founded in 1739 by Yang Shien-tsai, marking the beginning of his reign. This territory is located in the green area on the map.

  • January 1815: Manglon becomes tributary to Hsenwi State.

  • January 1836: Mongkung state was founded in ancient times as Langkavadi. In 1835, after the British annexed Upper Burma and established their rule in the region, Mongkung had been formerly a feudatory state of Hsenwi.

  • January 1852: Mongnawng became independent from Hsenwi in 1851.

  • January 1858: Mongshu became independent from Hsenwi in 1857.

  • January 1858: Kenglon became independent from the state of Hsenwi in 1857.

  • January 1861: Kehsi Mansam became independent from Hsenwi State in 1860.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1889: The British colonial administration divided Hsenwi into two states.
  • Selected Sources


  • Thet, K. (1962): History of Union of Burma, Yangon (Myanmar), pp. 310-314
  • Yawnghwe, C.T. (2010): The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 68-76
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