Phaya of Ngoenyang

Who he is

Title

Phaya of Ngoenyang

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

Chronicle names for the years near 1200: Lao Ngoen Rueang (1172 to 1198 in the Chiang Mai Chronicle list printed on English Wikipedia; 1180 to 1206 in that article's reconstruction; Chronicle of Chiang Saen: reign length 20 years, no start), Lao Chuen (1198 to 1219). The brief has Lao Ming 1213 to 1234; Wyatt has Lao Meng 1219 to 1259. Lao Meng is Mangrai's father in all of them. The chronicles name no queens or sons for 1200 that we could reach.

Confidence

low

English Wikipedia (Ngoenyang, Mangrai).

What it holds

• The seat of Ngoenyang near Doi Tung and the Ruak mouth
• The crossings at Sop Ruak, Mae Sai and Chiang Khong
• The rice of the Chiang Saen basin and the lower Kok valley
• Claims on Fang and on Phayao and the Ing, held by cadet lines

How it was acquired

By descent in the chronicle line; not datable.

Allies and rivals

Phayao (cadet line or ally), Fang (cadet seat), the Lawa and Shan chiefs across the Sai, Chiang Rung up the Mekong, Haripunjaya over the passes. No dated war or treaty in 1200.

How things stand that morning

A Tai chief in a stockaded seat, at peace so far as any source shows. The chronicle tales of the 1170s to 1190s are legend-cycle matter.

Wealth

Rice, crossing tolls, captives and hill goods.

Military

Stockade, ditch and the levy of the valleys; no numbers.

Threats

• Disputes among cadet lines
• Hill raiding across the Sai

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. 1259 or 1261Mangrai succeeds his father Lao Meng.Depends on: The chronicle line being right. Stopped by: A different heir.

Places of note

• Ngoenyang: seat above the Mekong

Where the sources disagree

• Four different Ngoenyang lists for 1200 (Chiang Mai Chronicle list, Wikipedia reconstruction, the brief, Wyatt). Holder left as not known.

Evidence: Chronicles later than 1200 by three to seven centuries; no inscription.

On the map: A seeds drawing round the seat; the realm record has the wider valleys.

Primary sources for Ngoenyang

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 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.