Möng Yang

Möng Yang was a Shan polity centred on Mohnyin in Kachin State. The Yuan established a tribal command there in 1295, calling it Yunyuan; it later came under Möng Mao.

It became independent in 1399; the Ming made it a pacification commission in 1404, while Ava claimed overlordship from 1406. Its ruler Sawlon conquered Ava in 1527 but was murdered by ministers in 1532. Bayinnaung took Ava in 1555 and overran Möng Yang in 1557. Its native sawbwas survived under Burmese suzerainty until replaced by central governors under Alaungpaya or by the late eighteenth century.