A hill muang on the road between the Chinese border and the Irrawaddy, controlling the approach to the gem tract above it, and a string of Tai valleys down the Shweli to Namhkam on the second road from Yunnan into Burma.
The Mongmit page dates the state's founding to about 1238 and starts its list in 939, so for 1200 there is no secure ruler; the ruby tale of 1217 (hunters take rubies to the lord of Momeik) presupposes a lord here seventeen years later. Dali claims the upper Shweli from Tengchong and Yongchang; Pagan claims the lower end from Katha. The Palaung hills lie between the valleys and the Hsenwi plain.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord of the Mong Mit valley and the Shweli valleys
- 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 two roads; no ruler 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.
- 1217 (tradition)Hunters find rubies and take them to the lord of Momeik; a village is founded at Mogok.Depends on: A lord already at Momeik. Stopped by: The tale is a later founding story.
Places of note
- Mong Mit: Valley town.
- Mogok: Ruby valley.
- Namhkam: Shweli road town.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry mong-mit-momeik: 'controls the approach to the gem tract above it': agreed.
Evidence: A later list and a founding tale.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
On the map: A block over modern Mogok, Momeik and the lower Shweli.
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
- English Wikipedia, Mongmit State
- English Wikipedia, Mogok
- English Wikipedia, Mong Mao
- English Wikipedia, Shan States
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.