Yerakis (Γεράκης) was that guy's name, Falcon is an anglicisation or rather translation of his name into English. Γεράκι is the greek for hawk (from anc. Greek "hieraks" - Ἱέραξ
@@danielcukarrolli2213 I mean, considering he spoke Greek as a first language, called himself a Greek, participated in the Greek Olympics. Oh, you must be one of those conspiracy theorists. You think Alexander was, what, Albanian? Slavic?
In Thai we also known the greek guy as "phrayavichaiyen". Also about the persian, we have a coup in 2006 led by Army commander who is of persian descent name Sondhi Boonyaratglin. He could choose to be a prime minister which would make him the first muslim from a shia family to ever rule a buddhist country(technically he is an acting prime minister for 12 days) but he choose not to and give the job to another military men because he worried that the majority buddhist population would not accept him.
Any idea if Sultan Ibrahim of Cambodia adhered to any denomination specifically? ur comment got me thinking, reality is really more interesting than fiction
A Dutchman named Jan Janszoon became a Barbary pirate (after he had been captured by them) and rose in the ranks to become governor of a Maroccan fortress town and then he became ruler of the independent pirate state of Salé under the name Murad Rais the Younger.
3 mistakes - He was introduced to the King in 1681, not 1881, *Van Vliet and the date of the Anglo-Thai War. I can't seem to fix them after upload. So please just pretend I got it all right.
I accidentally stumbled upon the dude when I was researching for an assignment. I was rather amazed as a Greek man leading Siam is far from one's mind, but your channel is kinda made for those stuff.
Speaking of Greeks who ruled foreign lands, perhaps you could make a video about Iacob Heraclid, also known as despot voda, a military leader and a con-man who ended up becoming the ruler of Moldova
Yeah Siam in 16th is even more globalize than china, meanwhile Japan have the most gun in asia but Siam has the most artillery piece there are more than 3000 canon in Ayutthaya alone mostly is the dutch style of bronze cannon
@@srfrg9707 ahh ok, I thought Logos was the root word for Logic in English, but not that it was basically a direct translation in a sense. Thank you for lesson
@@philippesom5066 Λογος had many meanings in greek : -Speech -Reason -Cause and a few derivatives meanings such has - someone's turn to speak (in a debate) - the ability to speak (by opposition to alogo = animals mostly used for horses) - causality (the concept) - God (preamble of the gospel of st John)
they ruled them for centuries not just 18th century and the greek revolution of 1821 actually started in modern day romania with a few thousand greeks of the sacred band they made the turks move armies in the north so that the main rebellion in the south could spread more quickly and they will have time to prepare themselves
This story reminds me of William Adams, who was shipwrecked on Japan and became a samurai for Tokugawa Ieyasu. His story is really blown out of proportion in James Clavell's book: Shogun, which is a fun read
Well , The Persian still hold an influence in Thailand today. General Sonti Boonyaratkarin that launch a coup in 2006 was form prominent Ahmadchula family. By the way could you made a clip about Yamada Nagamasa Leader of Japanese mercernary and governor of Nakorn Si Thammarat.
I wonder if in the future a similar thing might happen in Europe in the far future due to the migration of Middle Eastern and African people in the early 21st century.
@@Vampybattie well it's a noteworthy event. *Something* will come of it. Maybe they will end up like the Lipka Tatars. The Lipka Tatars were a group thousands of Turks invited by Poland-Lithuania to come settle in their borderland territory. Today most have assimilated. They still follow Islam but there is far less Lipka villages due to marrying out. They also lost their language and just speak Polish. Poles still accept them despite the difference in religion. I can image a similar situation in England and other countries. Maybe not France though due to Laïcité, but we'll see.
@@003mohamud doubt that they would assimilate. More than half of the Muslim population in England wanted Sharia law to be implemented according to survey, so one would've guess that the rest in Europe would think the same way. So no. They'd do something similar like in Thailand all the LGBTQ people will be stoned and Christianity will be suppressed. Islam will reign.
@@nunyabiznes33 In greece we argue about anything. Politics, religion, education, hobbies, love, lgbt, cities and much more. We even argue about the name of a type of food, as northeners call it differently that how the southerners do.
I love these videos about unique individuals from far off lands in a place completely foreign, and especially when they become game changers there. Some lesser known but very amazing tales (in my opinion) is the danish native Charles Zanco who was in the Texas Revolution and he fought in the battle of the Alamo. Also William Walker, an American, who briefly took over Nicaragua is also interesting
An example of this sort of thing Abram Pytrovitch Gannibal, an Ethiopian who was captured by Arab slave-traders and sold to the Turks, where he served in the court of Istanbul. He was then smuggled out by the Russians and became Pyotr the Greats adopted son. He grandson was Alexandr Pushkin.
Two low born portuguese that rose to proeminence in foreign lands: In Myanmar: Filipe de Brito e Nicote, from coal-seller to King of Syriam. In Russia: Anton DeVier, from a sailor scrub to one of the most proeminent of Czar Peter I's courtiers.
Awesome video with so many details. The Ayutthaya period is my favorite part of Thai history because of cosmopolitan Siam was. Obviously that ended with Narai, but it's really interesting seeing the usually introverted Thailand as a center of congregation for the entire Indian Ocean
@Benova Otmavela having your children kidnapped, castrated and converted to another religion against their will, slowly having your ancestral lands of 1,000 years being taken away, being forced to pay a tax because of your faith and many more yeah the Greeks were oppressed just because they were highly represented in trade (being a maritime people helps with that) doesn't mean they weren't oppressed.
In terms of adventurers who rose high in foreign courts, I have a couple - you already listed the White Rajas, and they were very interesting - there is Gannibal who was an Moorish general in Russia - I cannot remember their names off the top of my head, but the two British sailors who served in Kamehameha’s government - William Walker the filibuster - the various fruit companies in the banana republics
Love your content. Would love to read some more about these events and people. Can you suggest further reading of reference sources perhaps? Should really draw your attention to 10:13 "1987-88"?? A typo methinks. Looking forward to the red seal ships video.
Obviously the famous Anjin Miura (William Adams) who became Shogun of Japan in the 1600's is probably the best known thanks to James Clavell and Richard Chamberlain
There was a french man named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens that declared himself king of Araucania and Patagonia and even had some support among part of the indigenous population
This is the first time I hear of this story since our school system is very censored especially in history class (in this story we only know how foreign necessary help us in the war and kosa pan) plus only small numbers of Thai people can understand English so thankyou for sharing this story
Here's the list: 1. Abraham Hannibal, an African who became one of the Russian Nobles during Peter the Great's Reign. 2. Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish general fought for the Continentals later he went back Poland to fight Russians. 3. Yamada Nagamasa, a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in the Ayutthaya Kingdom at the beginning of the 17th century. 4. Goh Lean Tuck, a Malayan born Chinese who help the Qing government to stop the bubonic plague in Northeastern China, later in the he helped the Republic of China government to set up medical institutions. He invented the predecessor of the N95 mask and also the first to represent China(also the first Malayan) nominated for Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1935. .
6. Jules Brunet, A French officer in the military mission to Japan, an instrumental figure in the founding of the Republic of Ezo, future minister of War and inspiration for the Tom Cruises's character in 'The last samurai'
One little question about the video. Was Okya Wang literally called Okya? From what I know Okya (ออกญา) was an Ayutthayan feudal title similar to the more commonly used in later kingdoms phraya (พระญา). Great video! You don’t know how much this reflects poorly on my country’s education when a RUclips channel teaches Thai history better than Thai schools.
EXellent ! Two people went to Asia not with the power of cannons a d honored by Asians Marco Polo and Costantinos Gearakisxof Faulcon c For those ,They like those kind of videos I recommend one with title "Greek conquistadors' ,even I disagree with The title,and another one with title" Greek pirates'"enjoy
Do a feature on the Luçoes/Luzones and their involvement in Burma/Thailand/Brunei/Malacca. A Filipino adventurer who became Governor or Malacca is Regimo de Raja
The correct name for Thailand according to the era Sukhothai Kingdom : 1238-1438 Ayutthaya Kingdom : 1350-1767 Thonburi Kingdom : 1767-1782 Rattanakosin Kingdom : 1782-1851 Siam Kingdom / Siam Empire /Kingdom of Siam : 1851-1945 Kingdom of Thailand : 1945 - Present
I'm confused you said 17th century but you said 1881 is when they introduced the Greek man to the king if I remember correctly. That would make that the 19th century not the 17th.
what about the brookes, a british family that were the rajas of sarawak, they were suprisingly supported by much of the population, and politics was the only thing that toppled them
Veloso and Ruiz in 1590s Cambodia A number of ex-Napoleonic officers, as well as Americans, at the court of Ranjit Singh in Lahore during the 1820s-30s, (Allard, Court, Avitabile, Ventura, Harlan, Gardner). George Thomas, the Rajah from Tipperary, who ruled Rohtak and Hisar from Hansi, besides characters already mentioned like Adams, De Brito and Yamada Nagamasa. General Desfarges actually handed Phaulkon's wife, Maria Guyomar de Pinha, over to Phetracha after she went to the French for help. She had to work as a kitchen slave, then head of the Royal kitchen for years, and finally got a pension from the French, based on money her husband had loaned them years earlier. Not necessarily all rulers, but people of influence.
Constantine he the favourite of king narai of Siam at the time of 17th Ayuthaya city. A few things been build and bought in Chirstianity - catholic to Thailand
Most Thais knew only good sides of Persian nobilities as one of the main roots in building the nation while the Greek councilor was viewed as a bad foreigner who tried to, if not, usurp the Siamese throne.
"Brunei had colonies in the Philippines" that's an overly simplified statement. It's important to note that it wasn't European type colonization, the Bruneians just mainly intermarried with the local nobility to create an alliance, settlements such as Manila were largely autonomous from direct Bruneian control. The political system in Southeast Asia at that time is referred to as a "Mandala" where you basically try to get as much allies as possible, either by intermarriages, tribute giving and trade deals... it's seldom that you would hear of direct control.
I can’t remember his name right now, but there was an Englishman who was shipwrecked in Japan and ended up becoming a samurai and the advisor to a daimyo.
As a Thai, you've pretty much cover the whole important point about this peculiar chapter in Thai history. More finer point are : King Narai was a gifted and skillful politician. He came from a new dynasty that begin when his father who then hold the title of Military Chancellor (Kalahom), overthrown the king old dynasty, established himself as King Prasat Thong. The throne passed to Narai's brother, but he then allied with his uncle, Sri Sudharmaraja, to overthrown his brother. He then became the Prince of the Front Palace (Wang Na), that is a viceroy, or heir to his uncle. But quickly after that he, with the help of Persian (the community of Persian is much higher than you've mention), during the Ashura procession to mourn the death of Imam Husayn, where Persian was allow to bear arm into the inner area of the Ayutthaya city, Narai staged a coup againt his uncle who he himself helped became king. Then he crown as King Narai. The involvement and employment of foreigner by Ayutthaya court was very common. During Prasat Thong (Narai's father) reign, he even have to perform various political maneuvering and get rid of the leader of Japanese ronin troops employed by former court to far away province. Foreigner can quickly climb a social ladder if they benefit the court, but they can be quickly thrown out as well. The fact that Narai employ Persian sheikhs and later Constantine Phaulkon were just a political maneuvering, nothing more. Basically he just use these foreigners as a mean to his political goal. His ally with France is also just to balance out the influences of Portuguese, Dutch, and British traders. This balancing diplomacy is also seems to be employ later by King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, of the later Chakri dynasty too. As he sought to ally Siam with Russia against French and British colonialism.
Oh man, this was so cool it made me do my own research again. This time I found a baby youtube channel that only has 20 subs that is telling the fascinating history of Myanmar. @Bloodsworn is what he goes by, definitely worth a sub if you are in to history.
A Greek guy replacing Persians as a key governmental figure in Asia? Never heard that before
But Persia is in Asia...
@@Alaryk111 You missed the joke
*Cough* Themistocles *Cough*
Selucus aswell
I am not sure whether to be happy or annoyed that Gerakis became mainstream.
Portuguese-Japanese-Indian. Well that sounds like a fun triple mashup.
Sounds like a great fusion place
Yerakis (Γεράκης) was that guy's name, Falcon is an anglicisation or rather translation of his name into English. Γεράκι is the greek for hawk (from anc. Greek "hieraks" - Ἱέραξ
When a Greek ruler rules a foreign land and don't come from alexander you know its special
Fairy tales again lol. Greeks didnt even exist then. 😂 and BTW Alexander!!! what does he have to do with greece
@@danielcukarrolli2213 I mean, considering he spoke Greek as a first language, called himself a Greek, participated in the Greek Olympics.
Oh, you must be one of those conspiracy theorists. You think Alexander was, what, Albanian? Slavic?
@@danielcukarrolli2213 bruh, Macedonia was, and still is a Greek province, the country Macedonia and its citizens have nothing to do with Alexander
Tbf he was macedonian
@@mustardroshi418 Macedonians are Greek
In Thai we also known the greek guy as "phrayavichaiyen". Also about the persian, we have a coup in 2006 led by Army commander who is of persian descent name Sondhi Boonyaratglin. He could choose to be a prime minister which would make him the first muslim from a shia family to ever rule a buddhist country(technically he is an acting prime minister for 12 days) but he choose not to and give the job to another military men because he worried that the majority buddhist population would not accept him.
Any idea if Sultan Ibrahim of Cambodia adhered to any denomination specifically? ur comment got me thinking, reality is really more interesting than fiction
@@imagonnasah8319 probably sunni cause they got islam from Malaya
@@Ineedtospendlesstimeonyoutube ahh that's entirely probable, thanks
Good thing, never accept them and stick to buddhism
It's one of the most popular destinations in the world, yet we know so little about Thai history.
this channel is underrated
Completly agree!
All his videos are little gems!
Agree.
Like some of the things he said are very rare to be heard from other RUclips channels. This channel is great.
TRUTH
A Dutchman named Jan Janszoon became a Barbary pirate (after he had been captured by them) and rose in the ranks to become governor of a Maroccan fortress town and then he became ruler of the independent pirate state of Salé under the name Murad Rais the Younger.
3 mistakes - He was introduced to the King in 1681, not 1881, *Van Vliet and the date of the Anglo-Thai War. I can't seem to fix them after upload. So please just pretend I got it all right.
Anglo - Thai war in 1987would have been like the Falklands all over again. Piggyback Malaysia and Singapore as invasion bases.
Third one: date of introduction in court - 1881?
I accidentally stumbled upon the dude when I was researching for an assignment. I was rather amazed as a Greek man leading Siam is far from one's mind, but your channel is kinda made for those stuff.
Speaking of Greeks who ruled foreign lands, perhaps you could make a video about Iacob Heraclid, also known as despot voda, a military leader and a con-man who ended up becoming the ruler of Moldova
Damn, that would be interesting!
Moldova is such a shitty country so I am definitely not going to be liking him
@@flying0possum what is so shitty? They have rich history too.
@@hannibalbarca7220 I am talking about the state the country is in today. I knew someone would say that though, Its okay
Fanariotes during Ottoman Empire were Greeks who ruled Moldauvalachia for centuries.
His name may be Constantine but he is an Alexander in spirit.
It's mind-boggling how "globalized" Thailand was in the 1600's
If by globalised you meant westernised, then yes.
Many Kingdoms in Southeast Asia were the trading hubs at the time
Yeah Siam in 16th is even more globalize than china, meanwhile Japan have the most gun in asia but Siam has the most artillery piece there are more than 3000 canon in Ayutthaya alone mostly is the dutch style of bronze cannon
There's too many people of to many different countries and mixed ethnicities here for me to understand who killed who for what
In short, everyone for everything, and often nothing.
Welcome to Thailand
Welcome to South East Asia
The land where insane complexity is the commonality.
@@Newbmann so its the balkans of Asia
@@tonit4233 yeah you easily could say that. It is in competition with central Asia for that title though.
Greek prime of Siam : I decided that Pi rules!
Siamese people : Not again! Enough with the trigonometry!
Yes Mr. Speech Speech, yes
@@philippesom5066 It's rather Mr Reason Reason.
@@srfrg9707 ahh ok, I thought Logos was the root word for Logic in English, but not that it was basically a direct translation in a sense. Thank you for lesson
@@philippesom5066 Λογος had many meanings in greek :
-Speech
-Reason
-Cause
and a few derivatives meanings such has
- someone's turn to speak (in a debate)
- the ability to speak (by opposition to alogo = animals mostly used for horses)
- causality (the concept)
- God (preamble of the gospel of st John)
@@srfrg9707 efxaristo, one day I will relearn my first language fully
I love these kinds of stories from history. Imagine you're a tourist in another country and just decide one day that you're going to take it over.
A couple of Greek noblemen ruled the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.
When was that?
@@lgiorgos1 18th century
Google phanariotes
they ruled them for centuries not just 18th century
and the greek revolution of 1821 actually started in modern day romania with a few thousand greeks of the sacred band
they made the turks move armies in the north so that the main rebellion in the south could spread more quickly and they will have time to prepare themselves
This story reminds me of William Adams, who was shipwrecked on Japan and became a samurai for Tokugawa Ieyasu. His story is really blown out of proportion in James Clavell's book: Shogun, which is a fun read
Yasuke (I beleive), the black samurai is another interesting tale
William Adams saved Japan from Spanish and Portuguese colonial conquest. Kudos!
Well , The Persian still hold an influence in Thailand today. General Sonti Boonyaratkarin that launch a coup in 2006 was form prominent Ahmadchula family. By the way could you made a clip about Yamada Nagamasa Leader of Japanese mercernary and governor of Nakorn Si Thammarat.
I wonder if in the future a similar thing might happen in Europe in the far future due to the migration of Middle Eastern and African people in the early 21st century.
@@003mohamud hope not
@@Vampybattie well it's a noteworthy event. *Something* will come of it. Maybe they will end up like the Lipka Tatars. The Lipka Tatars were a group thousands of Turks invited by Poland-Lithuania to come settle in their borderland territory. Today most have assimilated. They still follow Islam but there is far less Lipka villages due to marrying out. They also lost their language and just speak Polish. Poles still accept them despite the difference in religion. I can image a similar situation in England and other countries. Maybe not France though due to Laïcité, but we'll see.
@@003mohamud doubt that they would assimilate. More than half of the Muslim population in England wanted Sharia law to be implemented according to survey, so one would've guess that the rest in Europe would think the same way. So no. They'd do something similar like in Thailand all the LGBTQ people will be stoned and Christianity will be suppressed. Islam will reign.
It's always refreshing to learn something you didn't know about. And as a lover of research I appreciate this video even more. Much appreciated.
How come that Greeks rule foreign lands so good but they rule their own so bad?
For the same reason greeks argue all day when in greece but when they meet abroad, they are all hugs and kisses.
@@Veriox22 LOL yeah, all those bickering city-states.
@@nunyabiznes33 In greece we argue about anything. Politics, religion, education, hobbies, love, lgbt, cities and much more. We even argue about the name of a type of food, as northeners call it differently that how the southerners do.
@@Veriox22 well at least you are no longer invading each other over those like the city-states once did.
@@nunyabiznes33 Oh about that, did you know that some places like Crete have separist factions...?
There is that English samurai who against his will was made into an inventor and an adviser to high ranking Japanese officials.
I love these videos about unique individuals from far off lands in a place completely foreign, and especially when they become game changers there.
Some lesser known but very amazing tales (in my opinion) is the danish native Charles Zanco who was in the Texas Revolution and he fought in the battle of the Alamo. Also William Walker, an American, who briefly took over Nicaragua is also interesting
These recent videos have been really good, really like the direction you’re taking the channel
The White Rajahs ruled Sarawak, not Brunei.
An example of this sort of thing Abram Pytrovitch Gannibal, an Ethiopian who was captured by Arab slave-traders and sold to the Turks, where he served in the court of Istanbul. He was then smuggled out by the Russians and became Pyotr the Greats adopted son. He grandson was Alexandr Pushkin.
Two low born portuguese that rose to proeminence in foreign lands:
In Myanmar: Filipe de Brito e Nicote, from coal-seller to King of Syriam.
In Russia: Anton DeVier, from a sailor scrub to one of the most proeminent of Czar Peter I's courtiers.
Where can one find more information on Felipe Brito de Necote?
A Portuguese adventurer who somehow became king of Myanmar sounds mighty interesting
Awesome video with so many details. The Ayutthaya period is my favorite part of Thai history because of cosmopolitan Siam was. Obviously that ended with Narai, but it's really interesting seeing the usually introverted Thailand as a center of congregation for the entire Indian Ocean
Actually according to new historiography, Ayutthaya remained a cosmopolitan center until its fall in 1767.
even when the greeks were being oppressed by the Ottomans they find ways to stick out in history
@Benova Otmavela having your children kidnapped, castrated and converted to another religion against their will, slowly having your ancestral lands of 1,000 years being taken away, being forced to pay a tax because of your faith and many more yeah the Greeks were oppressed just because they were highly represented in trade (being a maritime people helps with that) doesn't mean they weren't oppressed.
Yeah just like how the Byzantine Greeks oppressed Coptic and Syriac christian’s
Nice swatztika
@Benova Otmavela Trying to reason with a person who thinks he is oppressed because his guy lost the presidental elections.
@@Peristerygr ??? παρουσίασε μια καλή εικόνα της οθωμανικής περιόδου, που κολλάει η αμερική?
In terms of adventurers who rose high in foreign courts, I have a couple
- you already listed the White Rajas, and they were very interesting
- there is Gannibal who was an Moorish general in Russia
- I cannot remember their names off the top of my head, but the two British sailors who served in Kamehameha’s government
- William Walker the filibuster
- the various fruit companies in the banana republics
At 10:14 it comes up on the screen that the Anglo-Siamese war was 1987-88 . That can't be right .I'd have remembered .
Happy I jusr discovered this channel today. Great content and art.
Wow Siam was globalized back then. Interactions with Persians, Greeks, British, French, Dutch, Japanese, Malay, champa (Vietnamese)
There needs to be a King Naresuan video ASAP
Love your content. Would love to read some more about these events and people. Can you suggest further reading of reference sources perhaps? Should really draw your attention to 10:13 "1987-88"?? A typo methinks. Looking forward to the red seal ships video.
The Fogotten Greek man who Ruled Siam in the 17th Century
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Wow! where you dig this up ,! I have herd about this years ago ! So is true! Thanks Sir for posting
Obviously the famous Anjin Miura (William Adams) who became Shogun of Japan in the 1600's is probably the best known thanks to James Clavell and Richard Chamberlain
Like everytime, a great Video!
Please more non-western History, its really underrated.
There was a french man named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens that declared himself king of Araucania and Patagonia and even had some support among part of the indigenous population
This is the first time I hear of this story since our school system is very censored especially in history class (in this story we only know how foreign necessary help us in the war and kosa pan) plus only small numbers of Thai people can understand English so thankyou for sharing this story
The jesuit missionary Pedro Paez became the primary confidant to the Ethiopian Emperor Susenyos in the 17th century
In the reign of King Narai the Great, Thailand or Ayutthaya or Siam in those days was almost considered a superpower.
Here's the list:
1. Abraham Hannibal, an African who became one of the Russian Nobles during Peter the Great's Reign.
2. Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish general fought for the Continentals later he went back Poland to fight Russians.
3. Yamada Nagamasa, a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in the Ayutthaya Kingdom at the beginning of the 17th century.
4. Goh Lean Tuck, a Malayan born Chinese who help the Qing government to stop the bubonic plague in Northeastern China, later in the he helped the Republic of China government to set up medical institutions. He invented the predecessor of the N95 mask and also the first to represent China(also the first Malayan) nominated for Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1935. .
5. William Adams, a 17-th century Englishman who became the chief advisor to the Japanese Shogun.
6. Jules Brunet, A French officer in the military mission to Japan, an instrumental figure in the founding of the Republic of Ezo, future minister of War and inspiration for the Tom Cruises's character in 'The last samurai'
10:11 That is definitely not right.
Only 33 years ago!
@@mirzaahmed6589 Yup.
One little question about the video. Was Okya Wang literally called Okya? From what I know Okya (ออกญา) was an Ayutthayan feudal title similar to the more commonly used in later kingdoms phraya (พระญา).
Great video! You don’t know how much this reflects poorly on my country’s education when a RUclips channel teaches Thai history better than Thai schools.
ออกญา and พระยา are literally the same thing
Great video Jabz
10:13 small mistake. that 9 should be a 6.
Minister of Elephants XD
EXellent ! Two people went to Asia not with the power of cannons a d honored by Asians Marco Polo and Costantinos Gearakisxof Faulcon
c For those ,They like those kind of videos I recommend one with title "Greek conquistadors' ,even I disagree with The title,and another one with title" Greek pirates'"enjoy
Would love to see a show on red seal ships!
Do a feature on the Luçoes/Luzones and their involvement in Burma/Thailand/Brunei/Malacca. A Filipino adventurer who became Governor or Malacca is Regimo de Raja
The "Minister of Elephant" or "Master of Horse": Which sounds better?🙂
Sanphet VIII saw a tiger, and the tiger saw Sanphet VIII
I am from Cephalonia lmao
The correct name for Thailand according to the era
Sukhothai Kingdom : 1238-1438
Ayutthaya Kingdom : 1350-1767
Thonburi Kingdom : 1767-1782
Rattanakosin Kingdom : 1782-1851
Siam Kingdom / Siam Empire /Kingdom of Siam : 1851-1945
Kingdom of Thailand : 1945 - Present
I love your country
I'm confused you said 17th century but you said 1881 is when they introduced the Greek man to the king if I remember correctly. That would make that the 19th century not the 17th.
I meant to say 1681
I watched this 7 minutes after it was posted
Found out about this from Thai TV series Love Destiny.
Do a video on filipe de brito e nicote. He is responsible for the loss of the biggest bell on earth. the great bell of dhammazedi.
what about the brookes, a british family that were the rajas of sarawak, they were suprisingly supported by much of the population, and politics was the only thing that toppled them
Small typo correction. The Anglo-Siamese war was from 1687-88 not 1987-88.
Veloso and Ruiz in 1590s Cambodia
A number of ex-Napoleonic officers, as well as Americans, at the court of Ranjit Singh in Lahore during the 1820s-30s, (Allard, Court, Avitabile, Ventura, Harlan, Gardner).
George Thomas, the Rajah from Tipperary, who ruled Rohtak and Hisar from Hansi, besides characters already mentioned like Adams, De Brito and Yamada Nagamasa.
General Desfarges actually handed Phaulkon's wife, Maria Guyomar de Pinha, over to Phetracha after she went to the French for help. She had to work as a kitchen slave, then head of the Royal kitchen for years, and finally got a pension from the French, based on money her husband had loaned them years earlier.
Not necessarily all rulers, but people of influence.
I want more foreign adventurers!
I thought that Greek is going to revive the Alexander Hellenic Empire or the Byzantine Empire?
There's a hugely popular TV show about this Constantine guy from Thailand
Does Ibn Batutta count as someone who rose high in foreign countries?
Constantine he the favourite of king narai of Siam at the time of 17th Ayuthaya city. A few things been build and bought in Chirstianity - catholic to Thailand
The Shirley brothers in Saffavid Iran
Awh yes the 1987 Anglo-Siamese war
1687*
Thank you!!!!
I might be just slow, but this video contains simply too much information and names to be able to take much away from it.
Most Thais knew only good sides of Persian nobilities as one of the main roots in building the nation while the Greek councilor was viewed as a bad foreigner who tried to, if not, usurp the Siamese throne.
Is this true?
@@mint8648 nahhh not true
Indian ocean history is insane and underrated
All these different traders and diplomats and mercenaries remind me of star wars
Alcibiedes in both Sparta and Persia
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Did he just say Anglo Siamese war of 1987 to 88?? We're taking 17th century tho
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"Brunei had colonies in the Philippines" that's an overly simplified statement. It's important to note that it wasn't European type colonization, the Bruneians just mainly intermarried with the local nobility to create an alliance, settlements such as Manila were largely autonomous from direct Bruneian control. The political system in Southeast Asia at that time is referred to as a "Mandala" where you basically try to get as much allies as possible, either by intermarriages, tribute giving and trade deals... it's seldom that you would hear of direct control.
10:11 1987? How recent.
I can’t remember his name right now, but there was an Englishman who was shipwrecked in Japan and ended up becoming a samurai and the advisor to a daimyo.
A little before the 3 minute mark you say that Constantine had been "introduced to the king in 1881", I think you mean 1681 right?
Yeah - this vid was filled with stupid mistakes like that.
Greece had a lot of colonies back then
You should change your name to, "The Unknown Chronicles"
Can you make a video about the amazigh (berber) moroccan sahara plz ????????
You are doing a great job withyour videos !!!!
Slippery Greek pulled a fast one.
This was as fun when the Spanish brought over Aztecs to fight Ottomans.
There is a video about that
Come thinking they take a piece of the pie, goes away fleeced. Story of every foriegner who gets too big for their own boots The Land of Smiles.
Asian byzantium
@Shy Cracker did they have latin or Greek rulers if not why so
As a Thai, you've pretty much cover the whole important point about this peculiar chapter in Thai history. More finer point are :
King Narai was a gifted and skillful politician. He came from a new dynasty that begin when his father who then hold the title of Military Chancellor (Kalahom), overthrown the king old dynasty, established himself as King Prasat Thong. The throne passed to Narai's brother, but he then allied with his uncle, Sri Sudharmaraja, to overthrown his brother. He then became the Prince of the Front Palace (Wang Na), that is a viceroy, or heir to his uncle. But quickly after that he, with the help of Persian (the community of Persian is much higher than you've mention), during the Ashura procession to mourn the death of Imam Husayn, where Persian was allow to bear arm into the inner area of the Ayutthaya city, Narai staged a coup againt his uncle who he himself helped became king. Then he crown as King Narai.
The involvement and employment of foreigner by Ayutthaya court was very common. During Prasat Thong (Narai's father) reign, he even have to perform various political maneuvering and get rid of the leader of Japanese ronin troops employed by former court to far away province. Foreigner can quickly climb a social ladder if they benefit the court, but they can be quickly thrown out as well. The fact that Narai employ Persian sheikhs and later Constantine Phaulkon were just a political maneuvering, nothing more. Basically he just use these foreigners as a mean to his political goal.
His ally with France is also just to balance out the influences of Portuguese, Dutch, and British traders. This balancing diplomacy is also seems to be employ later by King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, of the later Chakri dynasty too. As he sought to ally Siam with Russia against French and British colonialism.
the anglo siamese war was in 1987?
Oh man, this was so cool it made me do my own research again. This time I found a baby youtube channel that only has 20 subs that is telling the fascinating history of Myanmar. @Bloodsworn is what he goes by, definitely worth a sub if you are in to history.
During that time, King Narai used him and many foreigners to govern the country including a man from Persia.
There's Aurelie Antoine,who proclaimed himself king of Araucania and Patagonia,supported by mapuche tribes against the argentinian government
Josiah Harlan; the man who would be king
Minister of Elephant !?!?!
'Minister of Elephants'
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Van vilet? Not van vliet?
Always trying to find a white unicorn…
I believe you made a small mistake at 10:14, you should flip the 9