Saopha
Sign in to saveSaopha (), also spelled Sawbwa, was the title used by hereditary rulers of Shan states in Upper Myanmar. Chaopha and Chao Fa were similar titles used by the hereditary Tai rulers in mainland Southeast Asia and the Ahom kingdom in India.
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- Nobility title.name
- SaophaSawbwa, Chaopha, Chao Fa
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- Sukapha.jpg
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- Sukapha, first Chaopha of the Ahom kingdom
- Nobility title.status
- Defunct
- Nobility title.extinction_date
- 20th century
- Nobility title.footnotes
- A nobility title used by Tai rulers
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Saopha (), also spelled Sawbwa, was the title used by hereditary rulers of Shan states in Upper Myanmar. Chaopha and Chao Fa were similar titles used by the hereditary Tai rulers in mainland Southeast Asia and the Ahom kingdom in India.
== Names and etymology == Saopha () means "lord of the heavens" in the Shan language. It was rendered into Burmese as sawbwa ().
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