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{{Infobox nobility title|name=Chao Pha |image=Sukapha.jpg|image_size=|alt=|caption=[[Sukapha]], Chao Pha and Prince of [[Mong Mao]] and [[Ahom kingdom|Mong Kham]]|creation_date=|creation=|peerage=|baronetage=|first_holder=|last_holder=[[Purandar Singha|Chao Pha Purandar Singha]]|present_holder=|heir_apparent=|heir_presumptive=|remainder_to=|subsidiary_titles=|status=Not used in Modern days|extinction_date=|family_seat=|former_seat=|arms=|crest=|supporters=|pinsel=|badge=|crest_badge=|plant_badge=|footnotes=A Tai Nobility Title used by Ahom Kings, Shan Chiefs, Thai Prince / Princess and Khamti Chief.}}<br />
'''Chao-Pha''' ({{lit|lord of the sky}}; [[Ahom language|Tai Ahom]]: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, {{lang-th|เจ้าฟ้า|}}, {{lang-shn|ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ|translit=Sào Fá}}, {{lang-my|စော်ဘွား}} ''Sawbwa,'' {{zh|t=|c=召法|p=Zhàofǎ}}) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the [[Tai peoples]] of [[Ahom kingdom|Mong Dun]], [[Shan people|Mong Shan]], [[Mong Mao]], kingdoms of Thai and [[Khamti people|Tai-Khamti]] people. According to local chronicles, some fiefdoms of Chao-Pha date from as early as the 2nd century BCE; however, the earlier sections of these chronicles are generally agreed to be legendary.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
During [[British rule in Burma|British colonial rule]], there were 14 to 16 Chao-Phas at a time, each ruling a highly autonomous state, until 1922 when the [[Federated Shan States]] were formed and the Chao-Phas powers were reduced. However, they nominally kept their positions as well as their courts and still played a role in local administration until they collectively relinquished their titles in favour of the [[Post-independence Burma, 1948–62|Union of Burma]] in 1959.<ref name="HD">{{Cite book|author=Donald M. Seekins|title=Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2006|at=entry ''Sawbwa'', p. 391}}</ref> Shan is the semi-independent [[Shan States]] ([[mueang|Muang]], {{lang-shn|{{lang-my-Mymr|မိူင်း}}}}, {{IPA-shn|mə́ŋ|pron}}) in what today is Eastern [[Myanmar]] (Burma). It may also be used for rulers of similar Tai/Dai states in neighbouring countries, notably including China's [[Yunnan]] Province.<ref name="HD"/><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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|alt2=Wife and child of the Saopha of [[Wuntho]], c. 1880<br />
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|alt3=Shan saopha in Burmese royal court dress<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of rulers of Shan states]]<br />
*[[Ahom dynasty|Ahom Chao Pha]]<br />
*[[Chao (monarchy)]] <br />
*[[Tusi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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