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Yan was as the
Ava, Nyaung Min, generally regarded
heir to the crown of Burma, A coalition the
rightful by
Princes of Taungu and Prome against him failed, owing
to the death of the latter by drowning whilst fleeing from
an attack by rebels. A usurper was set up as Prince of
Prome, and Burma thus remained split up into three
realms Ava, Taungu, and Prome over all three of
which, however, the Prince of Ava claimed the right to
rule. In 1603 he caused himself to be crowned as King
of Burma, with the title of Sihasu T'ammaraja.
While outwardly at peace with Burma, Siam became,
in the once more involved in Cambodian
year 1603,
affkirs. Since the of Satt'a in there
expulsion King 1593
had been several rulers of Cambodia, and each of them
had been found In 1602 the throne was
wanting.
occupied by a young wastrel named Keo Fa, whose rule
was so detestable that the Queen-mother, supported
by almost the whole nation, applied to King Naresuen
to send back Prince to rule over them.
Srisup'anma
This was Prince returned
prayer granted. Srisup'anma
to Cambodia, and established his control with the aid of
a Siamese army of 6,000 men. 1
This King of Cambodia remained a faithful vassal of
Siam until his death in 1618. He introduced into his
Kingdom Siamese customs, garb and ceremonial.
By 1604 the whole of Pegu was under Siamese control,
and out of the nineteen Shan States, three, namely
Hsenwi, Muang Hang and Miiang Nai, had likewise
themselves under the of
placed protection King Naresuen,
1 These events are taken from the history of Cambodia, which, however, omits
all mention of Siamese military intervention.
Morga (Hakluyt Soc., vol. xxxix.) supports the Cambodian historian, and
mentions that an army of 6,000 was sent by the King of Siam to Cambodia.
" In the year 965 (1603) the army of the P'rachao
Luang Prasoet's history says : "
Fai Na went and took Cambodia." It has been suggested that the P'rachao
Fai Na " was a son of King Naresuen. Contemporary writers, however, agree
in stating that this King had no children. The " P'rachao Fai Na " was probably
Prince Ekat'otsarot.