Town · The Shan and Kachin valley lordships · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Hsenwi (Theinni)

The valley town of the senior northern muang on the caravan road from Yunnan.

See the Hsenwi lord record: the later list's rulers are back projection and no document of 1200 names any.

Who holds it

Title
Headman or the king's officer
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

No source we read names a holder.

Lord in 1200

The valley lord (not known).

How things stand that morning

A stockaded valley seat.

Places of note

  • Hsenwi: Valley seat.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Later chronicle.

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

  1. English Wikipedia, Hsenwi State

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