Tavoy campaign (1788)
Burmese–Siamese War (1788) | |||||||
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Part of the Burmese–Siamese wars | |||||||
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Konbaung dynasty (Burma) | Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) | ||||||
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Maha Thiri Thihathu | Rama I |
The Tavoy campaign of 1788 was a conflict between the Kingdom of Burma under
Background
The Tenasserim Coast had been battlegrounds of the vying for control between Burma and Siam since the sixteenth century.
During the
The Mon rebellions in the eighteenth century toppled
Siamese Invasion of Tavoy (1788)
After the Burmese defeat in the Nine Armies' War, the power balance on the Tenasserim Coast shifted in favor of the Siamese who went on their offensives. King
Aftermath
Defection of Nemyo Kyawdin to Siam
Nemyo Kyawdin the governor of Tavoy (personal name Nga Myat Pyu,
Lady Chi, a lost niece of King Rama I (she was a daughter of an elder brother of King Rama I), had been captured as captive and deported to Tavoy during the Fall of Ayutthaya. Nemyo Kyawdin found out her existence. Nemyo Kyawdin wrote a letter inscribed on a gold plate to King Rama I to submit to Siam in March 1792. He also had Lady Chi write another letter to the Siamese king.[7] King Rama I, upon seeing the letters of Nemyo Kyawdin and his niece Lady Chi, was determined to take Tavoy. This led to the Burmese–Siamese War (1792–1794).
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