The largest of the northern plateau muang, across the caravan road that carries Yunnan's cotton, silk and salt towards the Irrawaddy: whoever holds it taxes the China trade, and the campaign board says neither Pagan nor Dali holds it.
A muang is a valley with a lord in it and villages that owe him labour, not a state with a frontier. The later Tai chronicle list (Hso Hkan Hpa from 1152, Hso Wat Hpa to 1232) is back projection and not a document of 1200. The hill villages above the valleys are Palaung, Wa and Kachin country and are not governed from the valley.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord of the Hsenwi valley (chao muang; saopha in the later records)
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No source we read names a holder.
How things stand that morning
Valley lordships on a trade road; the ruler is not known.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1413 and afterHsenwi takes Mongmit as a district and rises as the senior Shan state (later list).Depends on: The later Shan confederacy and Ming favour. Stopped by: Not relevant to 1200.
Places of note
- Hsenwi: Seat of the valley.
- Lashio: Modern town on the road.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: A later chronicle list; no document of 1200.
On the map: A block over the valleys and hills of the modern Lashio and Kutkai country; the valley floors are only a small part.
Primary sources for Shan and Kachin valley lordships
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, The Royal Historical Commission of King Bagyidaw (Monywe Sayadaw and others), drawing on U Kala's Maha Yazawin (about 1724) and earlier chronicles (1829 to 1832). The standard Burmese court chronicle, compiled six centuries after 1200 from older chronicles now lost. Read online
- Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava; Inscriptions of Burma, Various (the Pagan kings, queens, ministers and donors), edited by Tun Nyein, Taw Sein Ko, G. H. Luce and Pe Maung Tin (inscriptions of the 11th to 14th centuries; editions 1899 and 1933 to 1956). The dedicatory inscriptions of Pagan are the only contemporary texts for the kingdom of Narapatisithu (reigning 1174 to 1211). Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.