Raja Biru or Ratu Biru ( th, รายาบีรู; ms, راتو بيرو; c. 1566–1624) ruled the

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(1616–1624), succeeding her sister

Raja Hijau Raja Hijau or Ratu Hijau ( th, รายาฮิเยา; ms, راتو هيجاو), also spelt Raja Ijau, was a Malay sovereign queen of Patani who reigned from 1584 to 1616. Her name means "the Green Queen" in English. She was also known as ...

. She was the second of three daughters of

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who ruled the country. She was succeeded by her sister

Raja Ungu Raja Ungu or Ratu Ungu (Thai: รายาอูงู) ruled the Sultanate of Patani (1624–1635), succeeding her sister Raja Biru. In Malay, her name means the "purple queen." She was the third successive and last daughter of Sultan Mansur S ...

. In Malay, her name means "Blue" or "Blue Queen."

Reign

Raja Biru was around 50 when she became queen in 1616. During her reign, Patani faced increasing threats from the Siamese. In response to the threats, she was said to have ordered a man of Chinese descent named

Tok Kayan Lin Daoqian (, Malay language, Malay: Tok Kayan, th, ลิ้มโต๊ะเคี่ยม), also written as Lim Toh Khiam and Vintoquián, was a Chinese pirate of Teochew people, Teochew origin active in the 16th century. He led pirate att ...

to create three large cannons. One of these

Phaya Tani Phaya Tani ( th, พญาตานี; also Nang Phraya Tani, or Seri Patani in Malay) is a 17th-century siege cannon from Pattani Province in southern Thailand. It is the largest cannon ever cast in what is now Thailand, measuring 2.7 m long ...

was later seized by the Siamese and is now located in Bangkok. Raja Biru persuaded the

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in the south to become incorporated into Patani. Raja Biru died in 1624. She was succeeded by her younger sister

who was married to the Sultan of Pahang and had return from Pahang after her husband died.

References

A. Teeuw Andries Teeuw (12 August 1921 – 18 May 2012), better known as A. Teeuw in scholarly circles and Hans Teeuw to his friends, was a Dutch critic of Indonesian literature. Biography Teeuw was born in Gorinchem, Netherlands, on 12 August 192 ...

& D. K. Wyatt. ''Hikayat Patani: The Story of Patani''. Bibliotheca Indonesica, 5. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1970. * Ahmad Fathy al-Fatani. ''Pengantar Sejarah Patani''. Alor Setar: Pustaka Darussalam, 1994. * Wayne A. Bougas. ''The Kingdom of Patani: Between Thai and Malay Mandalas''. Occasional Paper on the Malay World, no. 12. Selangor: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1994. 1624 deaths History of Pattani 17th-century women rulers Sultans Thai people of Malay descent Year of birth unknown {{Thailand-bio-stub