Trading Community, Seaport, and Center of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Siam: The Importance of "Trang" from the Middle Ayutthaya Period to the Early Rattanakosin Period

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Published: May 18, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55164/pactj.v37i2.269298
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Trang Seaport Peninsula Maritime Trade Network Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Siam

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Pornchai Nakseethong
Humanities and Social Sciences, Thaksin University, Songkhla, 90000, Thailand

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This academic article aimed to study the importance of Trang as a maritime trading community, a port city, and a center of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Siam from the middle Ayutthaya to early Rattanakosin periods as shown in historical documentsม such as contemporary map local documents, records of foreign travelers, and documents of the Siamese royal court based on a historical methodology. According to the study’s findings, the historical documents revealed the importance of Trang's geopolitical factor as a condition that made "Trang" a trading community and a station for navigation on the western seaboard. Later in the 21st - 23rd Buddhist centuries, maritime trade expanded more and more, resulting in "Trang" becoming the port city and the center of maritime trade on the western side of the Kingdom of Siam. Meanwhile, Trang's status has changed from being just a city at the end of a border checkpoint to becoming the center of the fleet of the Kingdom of Siam.

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Nakseethong, P. (2024). Trading Community, Seaport, and Center of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Siam: The Importance of "Trang" from the Middle Ayutthaya Period to the Early Rattanakosin Period. Parichart Journal, 37(2), 253–272. https://doi.org/10.55164/pactj.v37i2.269298
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Vol. 37 No. 2 (2024): April - June
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