Index A Buginese settlers at, 166–67 A. Markwald and Co., 66, 162, 230 Mon community at, 75–79 absolute monarchy, 1, 12, 14, 35, 39–40, Muslim community at, 132 143, 244, 248 Persia, links with, 141–42 Adam Ali, 147 sacking of, 52–54, 200, 214, 226 Aga Yi (Akayi), 142–43 Airavata (Erawan), celestial elephant, 3 B Akon Teng, 192, 218–19 Bampenbun Market, 127 al-Athik Mosque, 156, 160 Ban Bantomsin, 212 Alabaster, Henry, 231–32 Ban Bat (Alms Bowl Village), 204 Ali Asmail Nana, 149 Ban Chang Lo (Metal Casters’ Village), Allen, Charles, 161 128 American War of Independence, 57 Ban Chang Thong (Goldsmiths’ Ames, Captain S.J.B., 101, 220 Village), 127, 158 Angkor, conquest of, 200, 251 Ban Indonesia (Indonesian Village), Annam, 96, 206, 208–209, 211–12 165 Ansarit Sunnah Mosque, 145 Ban Khaek Bangkok Noi (Muslim Arabs, 19, 22, 24–25, 30, 47, 132, 135, Village on the Bangkok Noi 137, 144–45, 154, 167, 169 Canal), 145 aristocracy, 4, 6, 11, 13, 35, 39, 74, Ban Khaek Bang Kraboe (Muslim 107–108, 112, 117, 147, 175, 186, Village near the Buffalo Village), 233, 243 164–65 arms trafficking, 58, 63–64 Ban Khaek Bang Rak (Muslim Village Army Headquarters, 117 at Bang Rak), 150–51 Artasastra, ancient Indian treatise, 249 Ban Khaek Ban Somdet (Muslim Associations Act of 1914, 194 Village near the Regent’s Assumption Cathedral, 61–63, 122, 229 Residence), 157–58 A.T.E. Maskati, 148 Ban Khaek Khrua (Muslim Households Ayodhya, 14 Village), 140–41 Ayutthaya, 1–2, 4, 14, 23, 25, 42–44, 46– Ban Khaek Lang (Muslim Village 54, 56–57, 60–62, 64–65, 71–79, Downstream), 162 81, 83–85, 94, 114, 118, 121, 132, Ban Khaek Sai Kai (Muslim Village on 136–38, 141–42, 144–47, 151–55, the Sai Kai Canal), 157–58 157, 161, 165–66, 172–73, 175–76, Ban Khaek Yawa (Javanese Village), 178, 182, 200, 214, 225–27, 252 165 17-J01416 10 Siamese Melting Pot.indd 277 12/6/17 9:04 AM 278 index Ban Khamen (Khmer Village), 117, Ban Suan Phlu (Betel-Vine Garden 204–206 Village), 152–53 Ban Khamin, 76, 93–94 Ban Suwanaphumi (Village in the Ban Khao Lam, 184 Golden Land), 162 Ban Khaw Mao, 93–94 Ban Tanao (Tenasserim Village), 97–98 Ban Khwang (Village along the Broad Ban Tanao-si, 78 Canal), 165 Ban Tani (Patani Village), 155–57 Ban Klang Na (Village Amidst the Rice Ban Tawai (Tavoy Village), 95–97 Fields), 200–202 Ban Thai Talat Nang Loeng, 128 Ban Kraba, 126–27 Ban Tham Dokmai Phloeng, or Ban Ban Kruay (Village along the Funnel Dokmai (Fireworks Producing Canal), 121–24, 129, 165 Village), 204 Ban Lan (Talipot Palm Village), 94–95 Ban Ti Thong (Gold Beaters’ Village), Ban Lao Phuan Nai (Inner Lao Phuan 127–28 Village), 124–26 Ban Toek Din (Powder Mill Village), Ban Lao Siphum, 118 163–65 Ban Makkasan (Makassar Village), Ban Ton Son (Pine Tree Village), 137–38 166–67 Ban Trok Mo (Village on Missionary Ban Mo (Pottery Village), 91–94, 98, Alley), 160 124–25 Ban U (Boatyard Village), 161 Ban Mon Mai (New Mon Village), Ban U Mosque, 161, 168 84–87 Ban Yuan (Vietnamese Village), 124, Ban Portuket (Portuguese Village), 207–12 52–53, 61–62, 69, 210 Bang Kapi, 128 Ban Phayap (Northerners’ Village), Bang Ko Laem Baptist Chapel, 160 218–19 Bang Ko Laem (Peninsular Village), Ban Phisanulok, 212 150–51, 156, 158, 160 Ban Phlu Luang dynasty, 47 see also Land’s End Ban Phra Athit (Sun [Bastion] Village), Bang Khun Phrom, 95, 108, 114–18, 129 87, 89–90, 103, 202 Bang Khun Phrom Palace, 116–17, 124 Ban Phraya Si, 90–91, 103 Bang Khun Thian Canal, 81 Ban Rong Mai (Silk Sheds Village), Bang Lamphu Bon (Upper Willow-Tree 202–204 Village), 203–204 Ban Rong Nam Khaeng (Ice Sheds Bang Lamphu Mosque, 155 Village), 165 Bang Lamphu (Willow Tree Village), 95, Ban Samsen Nai, 128 155, 157, 168, 200 Ban Somdet, 94 Bang Lamut, 120 Ban Somdet Canal, 120 Bang Lang, 78 Ban Somdet Chaophraya (Regent’s Bang Lao Phuan, 114–17 Residence), 158 Bang Luang Canal, 118, 120, 138, 152, Ban Suan Luang (Village in the Royal 168, 174, 178, 193, 231 Plantations), 156, 159 Indian trading ventures along, 146–48 17-J01416 10 Siamese Melting Pot.indd 278 12/6/17 9:04 AM index 279 Bang Luang Mosque, 139 Bangkok Tramways Company, 129 Bang Luang Noi Canal, 81 Bangkok Yai Canal, 25, 46, 81, 94, 117, Bang O (Marsh Grass Village), 89, 137–38, 142–43, 145, 152, 174, 179 153–54 Banglamphu Canal, 88, 155 Bang O Mosque, 153 Bank of Thailand, 114, 117 Bang Pho, 209–10 Baptist mission, 58, 231 Bang Rak, district, 70, 96, 149, 150–51, barter trade, 46 158, 161–62, 169, 182, 184, 197, Bayan Mosque, 165 220–21, 224, 227–31 “benign neglect”, 29, 36, 179–87, 252 Bang Sai Kai, 118–22 Bobae Market, 155 Bang Sai Kai Canal, 118 Bodhisatta Avalokitesvara, 182 Bang Uthit (Donated Village), 159 Boeng Makkasan (Macassar Swamp), Bang Yi-khan, 30, 108–14, 118, 129 166 Bang Yi-roea Mon (Mon Boat Village), bonded labour, 22 79–83, 152 Borneo Company, 123, 156, 230 Bangkok, 1–3, 6–15, 17, 19–20, 22–40, Bowring, John, 228 46, 50, 55–64, 66–69, 72, 74, 81, Bowring Treaty, 28, 59, 64, 146, 148–50, 83, 86–92, 94, 96–104, 106–109, 158, 161–62, 184, 227, 229–30 112–18, 120–24, 126–61, 163–70, see also Treaty of Friendship and 174, 176, 179–84, 189, 191–210, Commerce, Anglo-Siamese 212–30, 232–33, 239, 246, 248, Bradley, Dan, 231 250–53 Brahman cosmology, 2–3, 33–34, Bangkok Metropolis, 131, 133 249–50 Bangkok Municipality, 3, 92, 130, Braudel, Fernand, 240 163, 194 British India, 22 cityscape of, 37 Buddha, 2, 120, 225 consecration of, 2 Buddha image, 106, 112–13, 115, 127, king’s and viceroy’s zones in, 9 214–15 palaces locations in, 7 Buddhism, 33–34, 69, 136, 147 popUlation, 14, 22, 24, 40, 131 see also Theravada Buddhism postal directory, 34 Buddhist monks, 54 Thai Yuan (Northern Thai) presence, Buginese fugitives, 160, 165–67 214–16 Burmese assault, on Siam, 44, 53–54, 61, Bangkok Brick and Tile Works, 98 72, 137, 173 Bangkok citadel, 3–4, 6, 8, 11, 25–26, Burmese community, 22 29–30, 33, 37, 203, 209, 231 Burmese expansionism, 75 Bangkok Dock Company, 123, 161, 230 Burmese invasion of the Mon kingdom, Bangkok Fish Market, 123 75–76 Bangkok Manufacturing Co., 66 Bush, John, 123, 161, 228 Bangkok Noi Canal, 139–40, 144–45, 153, 218 C Bangkok Police Constabulary, 220 Calvary Church, 60, 65, 220 17-J01416 10 Siamese Melting Pot.indd 279 12/6/17 9:04 AM 280 index Cambodia, invasion of, 61, 200, 204, Chaochom Chim Yai, 83 206 Chaochom Manda Sonklin, 102 Cambodian Cham militia, 83 Chaochom Waen, 113, 118, 120 Cambodian-Vietnamese conflict, 28, Chaophraya Bodin Decha, 178, 205, 210 202 Chaophraya Chakri (Thong-duang), 83, Cantonese, 193, 208 85, 94, 175, 202, 213–14 capitalism, 12, 244 see also Rama I capitation tax, 29, 191 Chaophraya Delta, 133 “captive labour”, 129 Chaophraya Mahayotha, 29, 92, 94–95, Catholic converts, 210–11 102, 200 Catholicism, 52, 60, 69 Chaophraya Phichaiyat, 149, 157 celestial city, 2–3 Chaophraya Phra Khlang, 83 “celestial prince” (chao fa), 2 Chaophraya Prayurawong, 94, 122 celestial symbolism, 3 Chaophraya Ratana Thibet, 92 census of 1903, 99 Chaophraya River, 20, 25, 50, 61, 76, 83, chakra, bladed discus, 3 85, 96, 98, 109, 121, 136, 137–38, Chakrai Yai City Gate, Ayutthaya, 50 153, 160–61, 218 Chakraphet Bastion, 177 Chaophraya Si Suriyawong, 64, 120, 158 Chakraphong Mosque, 155, 168 Chaophraya Surasak Montri, 67 Chakri coup, 4, 87, 103, 200, 214 Chaophraya Surasi, 86, 94–95, 109, 139, Chakri dynasty, 1, 3–4, 20, 31, 33–35, 175, 202, 204, 213–14 57, 86, 94, 103, 175, 178, 214, 252 Chaophraya Wichiankiri, 123 mixed ethnic ancestry of, 15 Chaophraya Yomarat, 101–102, 178 Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall, 98 Chapel Royal, 3, 215 Chakri Mon, military title, 73 see also Wat Phra Kaew Chaloem Krung Theater, 127 Chim Phisonbut, 192 Cham community, 22, 31, 136–37 China trade, 47 presence in Thonburi, 137–38 Chinatown, 65–66, 83, 232 Cham militias, 136–41 see also Sampheng see also Cambodian Cham militia; Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Department of Cham Militia 196–97 Chamoen Waiworanat, 120 Chinese community, 4, 22–23, 30, 182, Chandler, John, 160, 231 196–98 Chao Anu Rebellion, 28, 109 anti-Chinese sentiments, 191 Chao Dara Rasami, 215 settlements, 27–28 Chao Intha Wichayanon, 108, 215, at Thonburi, 174–75 218–19 see also Sampheng; Cantonese; Chao Kawila, 214 Hainanese; Hakka; Hokkien; Chao Phra Fang, 84 Taechiu Chao Siri Rochana, or Chao Rocha, 86, Chinese immigration, 183, 195 214 Chinese Mahayana temples, 212 Chao Suriya, 215 see also Vietnamese Mahayana Chao Tipa Keson, 215 temples 17-J01416 10 Siamese Melting Pot.indd 280 12/6/17 9:04 AM index 281 Chinese Revolution, 193, 196 “Corpse of the Lord Jesus”, holy icon, Chinese rioting, 188 56, 65 Chinese speech groups, 171, 181, 193, corvée, 15–16, 29, 52, 60, 106, 191 198, 224 see also conscripted labour; forced see also Cantonese; Hainanese; labour Hakka; Hokkien; Taechiu cowrie trade, 46 Ching dynasty, 172, 187, 195–96 Crawfurd, John, 59 Chino-Siam Bank, 192 “creoles”, 51 Chino-Siam Mail Shipping Company, Criminal Act, 194 192 Crown Property Office, 89, 159, 190 Chit, Francis, 64 cult of kingship, 39 Christ Church, 123, 230 culture Christian community, 47, 54 cultural assimilation, 67–70 Christian “Khmer”, 61, 65 culture markers, 39 churches and parishes, 60–67 see also ethnicity Church of the Immaculate Conception, Customs House, 66, 151, 228–29 53, 61–62 “circles of affiliation”, 19 D city gate curfew, 8 d’Albuquerque, Alfonso, 42 City Moat, 4, 10, 177, 193, 202, 204, 222 Dan Canal (Guardpost Canal), 81 City of Angels (“Krung Thep”), 2 Darul Abidin Mosque, 165 City Pillar, 3–4, 6 “Dawadoeng Sawan”, 2 civil war, 26, 209 Dawoodie Bohra sect, 149 “civilizing process” (siwilai), 35