The mountain wall between Arakan and the Irrawaddy, crossed by the An and Taungup passes, which are shut in the rains.
The hill villages on it are Mro, Chin and others; English Wikipedia (Mru people) puts the Mro in the hills round the Kaladan and Lemro and tells the Arakanese chronicle story of the first king raised by a Mro chief, with a decline of Vesali in the ninth century and a Mro ruler ousted; the Khumi drive the Mro out much later, in the fourteenth century on one view. Neither Pagan nor Arakan rules the crest. Every Burmese invasion of Arakan and every Arakanese raid into the Irrawaddy valley goes through the passes (board).
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 on the crest; neither side holds it.
Places of note
- An pass: Northern crossing.
- Taungup pass: Southern crossing.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry taungup-pass and an-pass are in the town records; this is the people between them.
Evidence: A modern page with chronicle legend and citation-needed tags.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
On the map: A guess at the crest; the An pass sits in the north and Taungup in the south.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.