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Po Sot
Po Saut (?–1694), also spelled Po Saot or Po Sot, sometimes known as Wan Daim, was the king of Panduranga Champa who ruled from 1660 to 1693. In Vietnamese records, he was mentioned as Bà Tranh (婆爭). He was also the last king of independent Champa. Biography According to the Cham chronicles, Po Saut was a son of king Po Saktiraydapaghoh, his mother Po Mul being a daughter of Po Rome. He was of Churu and Rhade parentage via his mother. He was a Muslim; in 1685, he requested a copy of the Quran from Father Ferret, a French missionary serving in Champa. A Cham manuscript provides the following cryptic characterization of his reign: "Subsequently a man comparable to a sledge is seen, taking the Banis uslimsacross there, having a size similar to a bronze ''hanrang'' He constantly summoned the turtledoves he peopleto make them embrace the Muslim faith. Bodies and souls fall to the others. Then Po Saut was king." After 1653, Champa paid tribute to the realm of the Vietn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Po Saktiraydapaghoh
Po Saktiraydapaghoh (died 1657), sometimes known as Po Phiktirai da Paghuh, original name Phik Cak, was a King of Champa who ruled from 1654 to 1657 as a tributary of the Nguyễn lord of Quangnam. Biography The life and reign of Po Saktiraydapaghoh is only known from later Cham sources. According to historical tradition he was a prince, originally named Phik Cak, who married Po Mul, a daughter of king Po Rome. Supposedly, he became a traitor and colluded with the Nguyễn lord Nguyễn Phúc Tần to assist Vietnamese expansion. He thus manipulated Po Rome's female diviners to tell the king to fell a sacred trunk of an ironwood tree that protected the Champa kingdom in order to restore the health of the Vietnamese royal consort Bia Ut. Legend has it that Po Rome was subsequently abandoned by the protective deities of Champa, and was as a result defeated and captured by a Vietnamese invading army (1651). Vietnamese sources, on the other hand, only mention a Nguyễn invasion in 1653 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |