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the first governor general of the city of Phra Tabǭng. Čhāophrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt sent in one of his sons, named Nāi Rot, to serve as a page in Krung Thēp.
As Somdet Phra Rāmāthibǭdī (Phraʿong ʿĒng) ruled the realm of Kamphōchā, he had sons called Čhāoʿong Čhan, Čhāoʿong Sa-ngūan, Čhāoʿong ʿIm, and Čhāoʿong Dūang. Čhāoʿong Čhan and Čhāoʿong Sa-ngūan shared the same mother, whilst Čhāoʿong ʿIm and Čhāoʿong Dūang shared another mother. Having ruled the realm of Kamphōchā for three years, Somdet Phra Rāmāthibǭdī (ʿOng ʿĒng) departed to the Abode of the Brave.[1] Then His Majesty appointed Čhāoʿong Čhan as Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā, appointed Čhāoʿong Sa-ngūan as Mahā ʿUppayōrāt, and appointed Čhāoʿong ʿIm as Phra Mahā ʿUpparāt, but Čhāoʿong Dūang, the youngest, was still young. In addition, when Čhāoʿong Čhan was sent out to rule the realm of Kamphōchā as Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā, he was sixteen years of age.
Having ruled the city of Phra Tabǭng for sixteen years, Čhāophrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt (Bǣn) met his karma.[2] Once it became the Year of the Horse, Year Two,[3] the reign of His Majesty King Phutthalœ̄tlānaphālai, the King appointed Phrayā Phibūnrāt (Bǣn), a government official under Čhāophrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt, as Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt, the second ruler of the city of Phra Tabǭng, and appointed the page Nāi Rot, son of Čhāophrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt (Bǣn), as Phra Wisētsunthǭn, his assistant in government affairs.
On the part of the Kamphōchāthibǭdī Kingdom, a keen conflict occurred between Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā and Mahā ʿUppayōrāt. Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā ordered Phrayā Čhakkrī, whose name was Bǣn, to be arrested and killed, accusing him of siding with Mahā ʿUppayōrāt. Consumed by hatred, the faction of Mahā ʿUppayōrāt then led Phra Mahā ʿUpparāt and Čhāoʿong Dūang, as well as the Khmer nobles and gentles under them, into
