Sai Lüthai

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Sai Lüthai ( Thai ไส ลือ ไทย , RTGS Sai Lue Thai , also: Mahathammaracha III. - พระ มหา ธรรมราชา ที่ ๓ ) was king of Sukhothai . He ruled from 1398 until his death in 1419.

Today, information about Sai Lüthai comes mostly from stone inscriptions that his mother wrote in his name. His mother, who is "Samtec brah Rājadebī Sri Cuḷālakṣana Arrgarājamahesī Debadhòranī Tilakaratana" (Asokārāma-stone inscription) or "Samtec brah Rājajananī Sri Dharmarājamātā Mahātilakaraṭana Rājanārtha" (stone inscription 46) called, was the daughter of King Li Thai and Mahathammaracha II. Married . With him she had two sons, Sai Lüthai and a prince named Asoka, of whom nothing is known today.

In the stone inscription No. 46 it is described that the Queen Mother together with her son "Satṃtec Mahādharrmarājādhipati Śrī Surīyavaṅsa" (Sai ​​Lüthai) recaptured Phra Bang (today's Nakhon Sawan ) and Phrae with their army in around 762 CS (1400 AD ) then "to enjoy supremacy over the entire land of Sri Satchanalai and Sukhothai". The reconquest of Phra Bang interrupted the transport of goods from Ayutthaya in a north-south direction.

After the death of King Saen Mueang Ma in the northern neighboring country of Lan Na in 1401, Sai Lüthai intervened in the succession dispute there on the side of the older son Yi Kum Kam. He marched into Lan Na with his army. After seeing a bad omen , however, he withdrew again, took Yi Kum Kam with him and left him one of his provinces (possibly Kamphaeng Phet ) as an apanage . Yi Kum Kam's younger brother Sam Fang Kaen then reigned in Lan Na .

When King Intharacha ascended the throne of Ayutthaya in 1409, one of his first actions was to make Sukhothai a vassal state again. The exact date is unknown, but the stone inscription 49 was written in 1412 by a Nai Inthara Sorasak, who was probably the resident of the King of Ayutthaya, sent here by King Intharacha to secure the interests of Ayuddhaya from his vassal.

When Sai Lue Thai died in 1419, King Intharacha himself traveled to Phra Bang to appoint Mahathammaracha IV as the new vassal ruler.

literature

  • AB Griswold : Towards A History Of Sukhothai Art. The Fine Arts Department, Bangkok 1967 (without ISBN)
  • AB Griswold, Prasert na Nagara: A Declaration of Independence and its Consequences. In: Journal of the Siam Society , Volume 56 (1961), pp. 207-249. PDF file of the Siam Society with a photo of the stone inscription 46, the text in modern Thai script and translation of the text in English.
  • AB Griswold, Prasert na Nagara: The Asokārāma Inscription of 1399 AD In: Journal of the Siam Society , Volume 57 (1961), pp. 31-56. - PDF file of the Siam Society with a photo of the stone inscription, the text in modern Thai script and translation of the text into English.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Griswold, na Nagara: The Asokārāma Inscription of 1399 AD 1961, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Griswold, na Nagara: A Declaration of Independence and its Consequences. 1961, pp. 226-228.
  3. ↑ Griswold, na Nagara: A Declaration of Independence and its Consequences. 1961, p. 229.
  4. ↑ Griswold: Towards A History Of Sukhothai Art. 1967, p. 51.

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personal data
SURNAME Sai Lüthai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ไส ลือ ไทย; Phaya Sai Lue Thai, พญา ไส สื อ ไทย; Maha Thammaracha III., พระ มหา ธรรมราชา ที่ ๓
BRIEF DESCRIPTION thai king
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1419
Place of death Sukhothai