Chronicle of the City of Phra Tabǭng
I, Phrayā Khathāthǭnthǭranin, governor general of the city of Phra Tabǭng, hereby accept to produce a chronicle of the kings of the kingdom of Kamphōchāthibǭdī and a list of the rulers of the city of Phra Tabǭng for Phrayā Rātchasēnā to present to Your Majesty King Paramin Mahā Čhulālongkǭn Phra Čhunlačhǭmklāo Čhāoyūhūa for your information.
Back in the time of the Thonburī Kingdom, Čhāoʿong Ton ruled the realm of Kamphōchāthibǭdī as Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā. Later, Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā permitted Čhāoʿong Rām, his younger brother of a different mother, to ascend the seat of royalty as Somdet Phra Rāmāthibǭdī, whilst Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā himself descended to the post of Somdet Phra Mahā ʿUppayōrāt. In the year 1142,[1] the Year of the Rat, Year Two (2323 BE),[2] Somdet Phra Mahā ʿUppayōrāt departed to the Abode of the Brave,[3] whilst the ruler of the realm of Kamphōchāthibǭdī, Somdet Phra Rāmāthibǭdī, failed to carry out affairs in a fair manner, thereby ruining the tradition of the Nation. Three brothers who ruled the city of Kaphong Sawāi—Fāthalaha, whose name was Mū, Phrayā Čhakkrī, whose name was Fāng, and Phrayā Dēchō, whose name was Thǣn—as well as Phrayā Kalāhōm, whose name was Chū, were government officials that sided with Somdet Phra ʿUppayōrāt and had been planning to bring about insurgence, in which many participated. They seized Somdet Phra Rāmāthibǭdī, ruler of the realm of Kamphōchāthibǭdī, and put him to death, before setting out to take royal sons and daughters of Somdet Phra ʿUppayōrāt, including a prince, ʿOng ʿĒng, and three princesses, ʿOng Men, ʿOng ʿĪ, and ʿOng Phao, from the city of Bā Phanom
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- ↑ This document employs the Lesser Era calendar, save where specifically specified otherwise. (Wikisource contributor note)
- ↑ 1780/81 CE. (Wikisource contributor note)
- ↑ An archaic expression meaning “to die”, applied to royal persons and some other personages. The Abode of the Brave refers to heaven. (Wikisource contributor note)
