A high valley whose gravels hold the finest rubies and spinels in the world.
That the tract is worked in 1200 is inference: the page on Mogok has no dated evidence before 1300, the 1217 hunters' tale is a founding story, and hard documentation begins when the Burmese kings take it from Mong Mit's lord in 1597. The stones certainly reached India and China long before, and these gravels are where they come from. On 1 January 1200 the tract is hill country with Palaung (Ta'ang) and Shan inhabitants and the lord of Mong Mit as its nearest power.
Who he is
- Title
- The lord of Mong Mit and the diggers (tradition)
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia, Mogok: believed founded in 1217 by three Shan hunters who took rubies to the saopha of Momeik; no dated evidence before 1300; the earliest dated event on the page is 1886. English Wikipedia, Mongmit State: tribute and independence from the 1450s; Burmese king takes Mogok in 1597.
What it holds
- The gravels and their diggers
- A claim of the lord of Mong Mit over the tract
How things stand that morning
Worked, if at all, by local diggers; nobody collects for Pagan.
Places of note
- Mogok: Ruby valley.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry mogok-ruby-tract: 'That the tract was being worked in 1200 is inference': agreed.
Evidence: Inference and a founding legend.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
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.