Saopha

Saopha

:"Sawbwa" redirects here. For the fish genus, see "Sawbwa (fish). Saopha (in Burmese, Sawbwa) was a title used by the rulers of about twenty of the Shan states of northeastern Burma, presently Myanmar. The word means "king" in the Shan and Tai languages. According to local chronicles, some dynasties of saophas date from as early as the 2nd century; however, the earlier sections of these chronicles are generally agreed to be legendary. [cite web
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See also

*List of Shan states and rulers

References

name-stubSaofa (Chao Fa in Lao and Thai) means "Lord of the Sky"


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