Nippean Bat (, ), also known as Ponhea Kreak by his personal name, was ruler of the

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from 1340 to 1346. Nippean Bat or "Nirvana Pada" was the eldest son of

Trasak Paem Trasak Paem is commonly considered as a lengendary ruler of the Khmer Empire who presumably died around 1340. His legend is similar to Nyaung-u Sawrahan in earlier Burmese Chronicles He is the first Khmer sovereign mentioned by the Cambodian Roya ...

. According to the Royal Chronicles, he succeeded his father and during his reign, the Thais led a revolt declaring their own independent kingdoms and became free from the vassalage of the Khmer empire. He was succeeded by his younger brother

Sithean Reachea Sithean Reachea (, ) or Sidhanta Raja (full regnal name: Brahat Pada Samdach Sdach Rajankariya Brhat Sidhanta Rajadhiraja Ramadipathi) was ruler of the Khmer Empire from 1346 to 1347. Born in 1294, he was the second and youngest son of Trasak Pae ...

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King Nippean Bat left three sons: * Lompong Reachea * Soriyotei I *Prince

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father of

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first King of

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from 1359 to 1366 according to some versions of the Royal Chronicles.

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Achille Dauphin-Meunier Achille Dauphin-Meunier (1906–1984) was a French law professor, anarchist, and syndicalist. He was a member of the Club de l'horloge. References Carrefour de l'horloge people 1906 births 1984 deaths 20th-century French economists ...

, ''Histoire du Cambodge'',

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N° 916, P.U.F 1968. * Anthony Stokvis, ''Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie et de chronologie de tous les États du globe, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours'', préf. H. F. Wijnman, Israël, 1966, Chapitre XIV §.9 " Kambodge " p.337 et tableau généalogique n°34 p.338. *

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, ''Regents of Nations'', K.G Saur Münich, 1984–1988 , Art. " Kampuchea ", p. 1731. 14th-century Cambodian monarchs Khmer kings {{Cambodia-royal-stub