Burney treaty
The Burney Treaty (Burney Treaty, Thai : สนธิสัญญา เบอร์ นี ) was a friendship and trade treaty between Siam and Great Britain from 1826. The treaty is named after the British envoy of the British East India Company Henry Burney (1792-1845).
history
The Anglo-Siamese treaty was first negotiated in 1822 between the Scottish doctor and ethnologist John Crawfurd and King Rama II of Siam, but the latter was unable to bring the treaty to a conclusion. This was achieved by the British economist Henry Burney under King Rama III. in 1826.
Content
In the treaty the Siamese sovereignty over the northern states of the Malays Kedah , Kelantan , Perlis and Terengganu was confirmed. At the same time, British rule over Penang and its right to undisturbed trade with Kelantan and Terengganu were guaranteed. Although the treaty refers to the Malay states, they were not involved in the negotiations.
Detachment
In 1909 a new treaty was signed between Siam and Great Britain, the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 (also the Treaty of Bangkok (1909)), which suspended the Burney Treaty and after which the four Malay states went to the British.
literature
- Baker, C .; Phongpaichit, P. (2009): A History of Thailand, Cambridge Uni. Press, Port Melbourne
- Ingram JC (1971): Economic Change in Thailand 1850-1970, Stanford Uni. Press, Stanford