Port · Contested ground · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Chumphon: the gulf end of the Kra crossing

The gulf end of the Kra crossing, where goods carried over the saddle are put back into boats.

Whoever wants the isthmus traffic has to want this landing, and no one on 1 January 1200 can be named as holding it. The nearest named powers are Grahi to the south (Lang Suan is its claimed second crossing), the Khmer march in the Menam basin and, by its own boast, Pagan across the Pakchan; the sources show none of them in possession. It lies at 10.494 N, within the sheet by about six thousandths of a degree: Pathio, a little farther north, belongs to the mainland sheet.

Who holds it

Name
not known: no one can be named as holding it
Title
Lord or headman of Chumphon: the gulf end of the Kra crossing
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

Lord in 1200

not known: no one can be named as holding it

How things stand that morning

Not recorded. A landing that works because carriers and boatmen live along the crossing.

Council

No headman, judge or council is named in any source.

Communities

Not recorded; carriers and boatmen along the crossing.

Fairs and markets

None known; trade follows the monsoon.

Militia

No source.

Trade and crafts

Transfer of cargo between the carry and the gulf boats.

Where the sources disagree

  • Checked with asia_owner.py: Chumphon (10.494 N) is isa's; Pathio and Bang Saphan are msa's.

Evidence: Thin: the campaign board's inference from the geography; no text of 1200 names the place.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

Sources and studies

  1. OMNIA board note (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
  2. Wikipedia (English): Takkola

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.