Sutuphaa
Ahom dynasty |
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Sutuphaa | |
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Ahom Kingdom | |
Ahom King | |
Reign | 1369 CE to 1376 CE |
Predecessor | Sukhrangpha |
Successor | Tyao Khamti |
Born | Ahom kingdom |
Died | c. 1376 Ahom kingdom |
Dynasty | Ahom dynasty |
Father | Sukhaangphaa |
Religion | Ahom religion |
Sutuphaa was the king of the Ahom kingdom in late medieval India from 1369 CE to 1376 CE. He ruled after an interregnum and historians differ regarding his year of accession, with some saying his rule began in 1364. His reign was marked by conflicts with Chutia Kingdom, which later resulted in his treacherous murder by the Chutias.
Ancestry and accession
Sutuphaa was the second son of Ahom king Sukhaangphaa. After the death of his father, his elder brother Sukhrangpha ascended the throne. After a reign of thirty-two years, Sukhrangpha died in 1364 CE. Historians differ from this point. While accounts of early historians stated that after the death of Sukhrangpha, his brother Sutuphaa directly ascended the throne in 1364 CE.[1][2][3] But modern historians, Padmeswar Gogoi and S. L. Baruah stated that there was a period of interregnum after the death of Sukhrangpha, from 1364 CE and 1369 CE, thereby placing the year of Sutuphaa’s accession in 1369 CE.
Reign and assassination
Sutuphaa wanted to expand the territory of
Interregnum
After Sutuphaa's death, there was no prince whom the Ahom nobles thought worthy of the throne, and so, for four years (1376–1380 CE), Chao Phrongdam Burhagohain and Taphrikhin Borgohain carried on the administration themselves.[8] In 1380 CE, finding it difficult to govern the country without a king, the nobles raised Sutuphaa's younger brother Tyao Khamti, the third son of Sukhaangphaa, to the throne.[9][10]
Notes
- ^ (Barbaruah 1981, p. 32)
- ^ (Gait 1926, p. 81)
- ^ (Barua 2008, p. 55)
- ^ (Barbaruah 1981, p. 32)
- ^ (Gait 1926, p. 81)
- ^ (Barua 2008, p. 56)
- ^ (Barua 1965, p. 300)
- ^ (Barbaruah 1981, p. 32)
- ^ (Gait 1926, p. 81)
- ^ (Barua 2008, p. 56)
References
- Barbaruah, Hiteswar (1981). Ahomar-Din or A History of Assam under the Ahoms. Guwahati: Publication Board of Assam.
- Barua, Gunaviram (2008). Assam Buranji or A History of Assam. Guwahati: Publication Board of Assam.
- Gait, E.A. (1926). A History of Assam. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co.