The hill country of the Kayah (Karenni), between the Sittaung corridor and the Salween.
English Wikipedia (Karen people) has nothing on them before 1300 beyond a genetic study, so there is no evidence of who lived here in 1200 beyond the general picture of Karen-speaking hill villages. The Karenni states of later centuries are not yet founded.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village headmen and clan elders; no ruler or chief is named in any source we read
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No source we read names a holder.
How things stand that morning
Hill villages; no lord.
Places of note
- Loikaw: Modern capital of the Kayah.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: No pre-1300 source.
On the map: A guess at an unrecorded hill basin. The south edge is drawn down to Kyaukkyi and Hpapun to carry the Karen hill villages between the Sittaung and the Salween, which belong to the same unruled hill country.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.