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Si Kefa

Also known as Hso Hkan Hpa

Si Kefa, in Shan tradition Hso Hkan Hpa, was a ruler of the Shan state of Mong Mao in the 14th century, on the upper Shweli river in today's Yunnan and Myanmar. He expanded Mong Mao into a powerful kingdom in the 1340s and 1350s, resisting Yuan armies sent from Yunnan and raiding into upper Burma. In Shan chronicles he is remembered as a great conqueror of the Shan world.

Si Kefa
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Mong Mao

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