- 16
sawbwas who enjo**** a
degree of
autonomy in
their fiefdoms. In 1922, the
establishment of the
Federated Shan
States greatly reduced the
sawbwas' autonomy...
- The
sawbwa barb (
Sawbwa resplendens), also
known as the
Burmese rammy nose,
Asian rummynose or
rummynose rasbora, is an
endangered species of cyprinid...
- The
border was
never demarcated in the
modern sense, with
local Shan
sawbwas (chiefs) at the
border regions paying tribute to both sides. The situation...
-
invaded northeastern districts of Ava in 1412,
Thado and
other northern sawbwas had to
hunker down
until Minye Kyawswa arrived from the
Arakan theater...
- Constitution.[page needed] Ne Win had
already succeeded in
stripping the Shan
Sawbwas of
their feudal powers in
exchange for
comfortable pensions for life in...
-
royal privileges and
designated sawbwa (from Shan saopha, 'lord of the sky') In particular, the
families of Shan
sawbwas regularly intermarried into Burmese...
-
Nyaungshwe Cultural Museum (Burmese: ညောင်ရွှေယဉ်ကျေးမှုပြတိုက်) is a
history museum dedicated to the
former Shan
saopha of
Yawnghwe Sao Shwe Thaik, as...
- West Pwo Karen.
Sawbwa (စော်ဘွား):
Burmese approximation of Shan
saopha (ၸဝ်ႈၽႃႉ), used as a
suffix for Shan
chiefs (e.g.,
Nyaungshwe Sawbwa Sao Shwe Thaik)...
- 1451. Uti and the two
other sawbwas were caught. The king
summarily ordered the
execution of his
eldest nephew. The two
sawbwas however won a
reprieve after...
- Ava
Kingdom in 1510.
After the
conquest of Inwa by the Mohnyin-led Shan
sawbwas in 1527, many Burmese-speakers
migrated to Taungoo,
which became a new...
