Abstract

• Although it earned the name as the Sittans of Pathein 32 Myos, these Sittans were only recorded about towns of Pathein Myoma, KheBaung, and Pann Taw. The study of these Sittans inquested in 1145 M.E (1784 AD) and in 1164 M.E (1802AD) reveals historical facts on administrative affairs such as hereditary lineages, boundaries of jurisdiction, taxation, and customary tributes to the capital, the duties and privileges of headmen. Moreover, the data on economic conditions of these towns such as paddy cultivation as main occupation and maritime trading, salt making, fishery, and coconut plantation are found as subsidiary businesses found in these Sittans. This paper also analyzes the similarities and different historical facts and data when Sittans were inquested in these three towns in the years 1145 and 1164 M.E. It is learnt that the facts and data recorded in these Sittans for these towns are informative and comprehensive. The assessment of the Sittans of Pathein 32 Myos could provide some useful information for the study of administrative, economic, and political conditions of Pathein Township during King Badon’s reign (1782-1819)