The Testimonies of
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are a group of historical documents derived from an original
Mon
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* An ...
chronicle compiled following the
fall of Ayutthaya
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in 1767. While the original Mon copy has been lost, it has been translated into several versions in
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,
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and English. The Thai versions were published as ''Khamhaikan Khun Luang Ha Wat'' ( th, คำให้การขุนหลวงหาวัด, ''Testimony of the King Who Entered a Wat'', referring to King
Uthumphon
Uthumphon ( th, อุทุมพร; my, ဥဒုမ္ဗရ) Maha Thammarachathirat III or Uthumphon Mahaphon Phinit ( th, อุทุมพรมหาพรพินิต; c. 1733– 1796) was the 32nd and penultimate monarch of the Ayut ...
) and ''Khamhaikan Chao Krung Kao'' (, ''Testimony of the Inhabitants of the Old Capital''). A third document, ''Khamhaikan Khun Luang Wat Pradu Songtham'' (, ''Testimony of the King from Wat Pradu Songtham''), is similarly titled and often grouped together as part of the Testimonies, although it has different origins.
The original source of the documents is believed to be interviews of Siamese captives brought to Burma following the sack of Ayutthaya.
Mon
Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to:
Places
* Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar
* Mon, India, a town in Nagaland
* Mon district, Nagaland
* Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons
* An ...
interviewers who knew the Thai language probably compiled the chronicle in Mon, and it was later translated into Burmese. There are several inconsistencies between the versions, indicating that parts had been lost and later material had been added.
In their book ''A History of Ayutthaya'', Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit regard the Testimonies' coverage from the late 17th century as "an oral history from the viewpoint of the Ayutthaya nobility".
References
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External links
''Khamhaikan Chao Krung Kao'', 1914 edition, at the National Library of Thailand Digital Collections website {{in lang, th
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Thai chronicles
Burmese chronicles
1760s documents