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Möng Lem

tai state in Yunnan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ48914353 ↗
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Möng Lem or Moeng Laem (Tai Nüa: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥘᥥᥛᥰ; Chinese: 孟連), also known by its Chinese name Menglian, was a Tai Nüa state in what is today Menglian County in Yunnan, China.

History

Möng Lem was established as a tusi state of the Yuan dynasty in 1289. The state was subdued by Möng Mao (Luchuan) in the 14th–15th centuries.

Möng Lem was one of the Koshanpye or "Nine Shan States" in China. The others were Möngmāu, Hsikwan, Möngnā, Sandā, Hosā, Lasā, Möngwan and Küngma (Köng-ma).

It was a tributary both of Kingdom of Burma and China until the late 19th century when the British signed an agreement that made the Chinese Shan states become part of China.

The rulers of the state bore the title saopha.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Möng Lem” is tai state in Yunnan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Möng, state and Yunnan, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1289—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Möng, state and Yunnan is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Möng Lem” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.