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THE JOURNAL OF THE SIAM SOCIETY Volume XIII BANGKOK 1919 KRAUS REPRINT N endeln!Liech tenstein 1969 Reprinted by permission of the Thailand Research Society, Bangkok KRAUS REPRINT A Division of KRAUS-THOMSON ORGANIZATION LIMITED Nendeln/Liechtenstein 1969 Printed in Switzerland CONTENTS. Page. Intercourse between Burma >tnd Siam. Translated by Luang Phraison S&larak 1 Reports and Accounts of the Siam Society XV to XVIII Annual General Meetings of the Siam Society ... XIX to XX INTERCOURSE BETWEEN BURMA AND SIAM. As recorded m Hrnannan Y aza winda wgyi. 'I'he following is the conclm;ion of the translation by Luang Phraison Salarak (Thien Subindu) of the history of the intercourse between Siam and Burma, as given in the Hmannan Yazawin U(Lwgyi of the Burmese. The previou::; inBtalmeut was given in Vol. XII, Part 2. PREFACE. The series of translations of :;uch portions of the Hmannan Ya:-;awindawgyi as relate to the intercourse between :Burma and Siam come to an end with this number of the Society's Joumal. The previous instalments are contained in Vol. V., Part 1.; Vol. VIII., Part 2 ; Vol. XI, Part 3; and Vol, XII, Part 2. The translator hopes that he ha~:>, by the~:>e tran~:>lations, rendered some service, however small, to those who aspire to re construct Siamese history, by supplementing what is already con" tained in the Phra Raj Phonsawadan, with information gathered from the records of neighbouring countrie:;. I£ his hope:; are realized, he will feel amply rewarded for the trouble he has taken in making t.he translation. Mr. W. H. Mundie, M. A., has, with his usual kiudnes~:>, looked over the proofs of this number as well as those of Vol. XII, Part 2, and made corrections where necessary; the translator begs to tender his sincere thanks to him. LUANG PHRAISON SALARAK, Bangkok. (Thien Subindu). July 25, 1919. CONTENTS. Pa.ge. I. Accession of Boclawpaya to the t.)wone of Eurm11.. 1 'Burmese invasion of Arakan. 4 Bodawpaya's invasion of Siam. 7 Sir Arthur P. Phayre's account of the same. . . . 22 II. Introduction. 31 Burmese invasion of northern Siam. 32 III. Friendly intercourse between Burma and China. 36 Siamese invasion of Tavoy and Mergui. 39 Sir Arthur P. Phayre's account of the same. . . . 52 IV. Bodawpaya's endeavours to build the Min-gun pagoda. 55 Burmese invasion of northern Siam. 56 Siamese embassy to the Court of Burma. 59 'l'he death of the Crown Prince and the appointment of the deeeased's son as Crown Prince. .. . 59 'rhe death of King Bodawpaya. 60 Accession of Bwgyidaw to the throne; and the Eurmese preparation to invade Burma. . . . 61 Arrival of envoys from the Mashakat Min of Yungyi country to the Conrt of Burma. 62 The first Anglo-Burmese war. 64 Appendix I. The story of Mahamuni. I Appendix II. The hl'on~e figures in the Arakan Pagoda, lvfandalay. VII Appendix III. Capbin Hemy Yule's account of the \[in-g-nn pagontt and the Min-gun hell. .. . X