Chiefs of the upper Nan

Who he is

Title

Headmen of the upper Nan valley

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

The Nan Chronicle starts the line at Pua with Khun Fong, a son of Phukha (Phukha 1269 to 1337 on Wikipedia); that is later than 1200.

Confidence

low

English Wikipedia (Nan Kingdom).

What it holds

• Pua and the rice plain of the upper Nan
• Wiang Sa and the Nan narrows
• The road to the Bo Kluea wells

Allies and rivals

Phayao (north-west); Phrae (west); the Lao muang over the hills east.

How things stand that morning

Valley headmen, no muang seat attested.

Wealth

Rice and the salt trade.

Threats

• Phayao (1263, later)

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1263Ngammueang of Phayao takes Pua.Depends on: Phayao's strength. Stopped by: Nan unity.

Places of note

• Pua: upper Nan rice plain

Where the sources disagree

• Board (nan-valley-pua) says the line begins in the 1280s; Wikipedia gives 1269 to 1337 for Phukha and 1282 for Pua.

Evidence: Late chronicle.

On the map: Seeds drawing.

Primary sources for Yom and Nan

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, The Royal Historical Commission of King Bagyidaw (Monywe Sayadaw and others), drawing on U Kala's Maha Yazawin (about 1724) and earlier chronicles (1829 to 1832). The standard Burmese court chronicle, compiled six centuries after 1200 from older chronicles now lost. Read online
• The later Tai, Lao and Mon chronicles of the north, Ratanapanna (Jinakalamali); Bodhiramsi (Chamadevivamsa); anonymous monks and court scribes (the Chamadevivamsa about 1410; the Jinakalamali 1516 to 1528; the Chiang Mai Chronicle in its surviving form 1827; the Nithan Khun Borom 16th to 17th century). There is no text of 1200 for the Mon kingdom of Haripunjaya, the Tai muang of Ngoenyang (Chiang Saen), Chiang Rung, the Yom and Nan valleys, or the Lao middle Mekong.
• The Inscriptions of Cambodia, Various (the Khmer kings and their officers), edited by George Coedes (inscriptions of the 6th to 14th centuries; edited 1937 to 1966). The Khmer empire of 1200 is known almost entirely from the great foundation stelae of Jayavarman VII (reigning from 1181), which Coedes edited: the Ta Prohm stele of 1186 (K. Read online
• The Customs of Cambodia, Zhou Daguan (after 1297, from a stay at Angkor in 1296 to 1297). A Chinese envoy's account of Angkor a century after Jayavarman VII, and the only description of the city and its court by an eyewitness. Read online