Hsipaw

Hsipaw, also called Onbaung after its old capital, was a Shan principality in the northern highlands. By the early fourteenth century it was strong enough to raid the Burmese kingdom of Pinya.

After Möng Yang overran Ava, Hsipaw's saopha Hkonmaing was placed on the Ava throne in 1543. Bayinnaung's Toungoo armies then subdued Hsipaw along with other Shan states in 1556 to 1557. In 1767 Ming Rui's Qing army occupied Hsipaw and marched down the Namtu; after the campaign Hsipaw returned to Burmese rule.