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Sao Hkun Hseng
Sao Hkun Hseng was saopha, or prince, of Hsipaw, a northern Shan state in Burma, from 1886. Coming to power as the British annexed Upper Burma, he cooperated with the new rulers and became one of the most important Shan chiefs under British protection. He worked to modernise his state, which lay on the road from Mandalay towards China.
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