Kabaw Valley

The Kabaw Valley is a highland valley in northern Burma (Myanmar), western Sagaing division. The valley is the home of a number of ethnic minorities including the Zo, the Mizo, the Kadu and the Kanan.

History

Kabaw valley historically was the border region between Burma and the Manipur Kingdom. It first came under Burmese rule in 1560 when Toungoo Dynasty made Manipur a tributary state. The region belonged to Burma until the early 18th century when it was occupied by Manipur. Starting in 1724, the Manipuris began frequent raids of Upper Burma until 1749. The Konbaung Dynasty recovered the valley in 1756, and made Manipur a tributary once more by 1758. Manipur remained a rebellion-prone tributary, prompting the Burmese to send expeditions in 1764–1765, 1768–1770, and 1775–1782. Manipur again became a Burmese tributary in 1814, and was annexed in 1819 after a rebellion.

After the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826), Burma ceded Manipur to the British but the exact border remained in dispute. The British claimed the entire Kabaw valley. However, in 1830, the British, with the assistance of Henry Burney, agreed that Kabaw valley was not part of historical Manipur, and redrew the border in favor of the Burmese. Nonetheless, some in Manipur still claim that the Kabaw Valley belongs in Manipur.

Kabaw

Kabaw, Kabao or Cabao (Arabic: كاباو‎) is a town in the Nalut District in northwestern Libya. It lies just 9 kilometres (6 mi) off of the Gharyan–Nalut road and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Jadu, on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian Plateau in the Nafusa Mountains.

History

Historically, Kabaw was a Berber town in the Ghadames administrative area. After World War II, it was occupied by the French military and governed from Tunisia. It was returned to Libyan control in 1951.

Attractions

Kabaw is home to the ghurfas or "Ksar Kabaw" a Berber hilltop village-fort, now abandoned. The ghurfas is built mainly of rock, gypsum and adobe, with doors made of palm wood.

The Spring Qsar Festival is held in April almost every year.

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