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Burma / Myanmar / India: Two Shan saopha or feudal lords together with their wives at the Coronation Durbar in Delhi, January 1903

Burma / Myanmar / India: Two Shan <i>saopha</i> or feudal lords together with their wives at the Coronation Durbar in Delhi, January 1903

Saopha, Chaofa, or Sawbwa was a royal title used by the rulers of the Shan States of Myanmar (Burma). The word means 'king' in the Shan and Tai languages.