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 appointed him as Čhaophrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt. He settled himself in Pračhin Burī Town, where he has lived till now.

It was Thursday, the first waxing-moon day of the second month of the year 1222 Lesser Era, the Year of the Monkey, Year Two, the tenth year of the reign (2403 BE), when His Majesty King Čhǭmklāo Čhāoyūhūa commanded Phra Rātchasēnā to compose a chronicle of the city of Phra Tabǭng and present it to Him.

Phra Rātchasēnā then summoned Phra Khathāthǭnthǭranin and senior commissioners of the city of Phra Tabǭng for inquiry. They replied as follows: During the reign of Lord Tāk, after Khmer government officials put ʿOng Somdet Phra Rāmāthibǭdi to death, Phrayā Yommarāt (Bǣn) moved into Krung Thēp. Once it passed into the reign of His Majesty King Phutthayǭtfāčhulālōk, Phrayā Yommarāt (Bǣn) was sent out by the royal command to pacify the Khmer kingdom, upon the success of which Phrayā Yommarāt (Bǣn) sent Nakphraʿong ʿĒng and princesses into Krung Thēp. His Majesty then appointed Phrayā Yommarāt (Bǣn) as Fāthalaha to reside in the city of Phathai Phet and take charge of the kingdom of Great Cambodia. Around four or five years later, His Majesty anointed Nakphraʿong ʿĒng as ʿOng Somdet Phra Nārāirāmāthibǭdī and sent him out to reign in the city of Phathai Phet. Fāthalaha (Bǣn) then came in to attend His Majesty.

In the year 1156 Lesser Era, the Year of the Tiger, Year Six (2337 BE), His Majesty ordered the village of Sangkǣ to be established as the city of Phra Tabǭng and appointed Fāthalaha (Bǣn) as Čhāo-