Jaya Simhavarman IV or originally Mahendravarman, or Chế Chí (制至), son of Chế Mân and first queen Princess Bhaskaradevi, was born in 1284 as Prince Harijitatmaja.
[Tìm Hiểu Cộng Đồng Người Chăm Ở Việt Nam Bài 6: Bùng Lên Trước Khi Tàn Lụi]
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Champa
Champa (Cham language, Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ, چمڤا; ; 占城 or 占婆) was a collection of independent Chams, Cham Polity, polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day Central Vietnam, central and southern Vietnam from ...
from 1307 - 1312.
[Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., ]
Biography
Because Jaya Simhavarman IV's
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
ese stepmother refused to die with her husband and Chế Chí's father,
Chế Mân
Jaya Simhavarman III (r. 1288 - 1307), Chế Mân (制旻), or Prince Harijit, son of King Indravarman V and Queen Gaurendraksmi, was a king of Champa during a time when the threat of the Mongols was imminent. He held the title the ''half-king/juni ...
, according to rites of Champa, Chế Chí set out to recapture two districts ceded by Champa to Annam in their time of peace brought on by the wedding of his father and stepmother. He was defeated, however, and died a prisoner in Annam. After his capture, his brother, Che Da A Ba, or Che Nang, was assigned to govern Champa by the
An Nam.
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Kings of Champa
Hindu monarchs
14th-century Vietnamese monarchs
Vietnamese monarchs
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