Wiang Fang

Who holds it

Title

Lord of Wiang Fang

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

See the lord record.

Confidence

low

Overlord

the phaya of Ngoenyang (chronicle tradition)

What the town holds

• The Fang valley rice
• The road over to the Ping at Chiang Dao

Allies and rivals

Ngoenyang (the senior seat); Haripunjaya at Chiang Dao; the Shan valleys north.

How things stand that morning

A cadet or allied seat; no dated event.

Wealth

Rice and the pass road.

Threats

• None dated

Communities

Tai, with Shan and Lawa villages.

Where the sources disagree

• Board (wiang-fang): "Mangrai moves his seat here in 1273". English Wikipedia (Ngoenyang, Mangrai): 1275 to 1286. Neither date matters for 1200; the later one is used.

Evidence: Chronicles only.

On the map: A point; the valley is the lord record's seeds drawing.

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.