Möng Mit

Möng Mit, or Momeik in Burmese, was a northern Shan state in the hills east of Bhamo, founded around 1238 according to Shan tradition.

It became a dependency of Hsenwi in 1413. The dowager Nang Han Lung rebelled in 1450 and sent rubies to China from 1465; the Ming recognized its independence in 1484, with Mogok ceded to the Burmese crown. Bayinnaung conquered Möng Mit in 1557. In 1597 its saopha was forced to exchange Mogok for Tagaung, and the ruby lands were annexed outright.