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 The third was Phrayā Wisētsunthǭn (Rot), who ruled as Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt. The fourth was Phra ʿUdomphakdī (Chēt), who ruled as Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt. The fifth ruler of Phra Tabǭng City was Čhāoʿong ʿIm the Phra Mahā ʿUpparāt. The sixth was Phra Narinyōthā (Fǭng), who ruled as Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt. The seventh ruler of Phra Tabǭng City was Phra Khathāthǭnthǭranin (Yīa), who ruled as Phrayā Khathāthǭnthǭranin.

During the reign of His Majesty King Čhunlachǭmklāo Čhāoyūhūa, the king elevated the dignity of Phrayā Khathāthǭn (Yīa) to Čhāophrayā Khathāthǭnthǭranin in the Year of the Rabbit, Year Three (2434 BE). Upon the death of Čhāophrayā Khathāthǭnthǭranin in the Year of the Dragon, Year Four (2435 BE), His Majesty appointed Phra ʿAphaiphithak (Chum), a son of Čhāophrayā Khathāthǭn (Yīa), as Phrayā Khathāthǭnthǭranin, governor of the city of Phra Tabǭng, being the seventh ruler thereof. Later in the Year of the Monkey, 2439 BE, His Majesty ordered four Khmer vassal states, namely, the cities of Phra Tabǭng, Nakhǭn Siammarat, Phanom Sok, and Sī Sōphon, to be merged into a circle called Būraphā Circle, and appointed Phrayā Sakdāphidētwǭrarit (Dan) as the first chief local administrator thereof. His Majesty subsequently appointed Phrayā Khathāthǭnthǭranin (Chum) as its chief local administrator, who served in the office until the Thai Government concluded a written agreement with the French Government, by which the Thai agreed to return those Khmer vassal states to the Kingdom of Cambodia in the Year of the Goat, 2450 BE. Phrayā Khathāthǭnthǭranin (Chum) did not wish to be in a foreign land and would like to move into His Majesty’s territory as His subject. Thus the King’s Gracious Majesty