Battle of Nong Sa Rai

Asian history
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Quick Facts
Date:
1593
Location:
China
Yunnan
Participants:
Ayutthaya
Myanmar
Key People:
Naresuan

Battle of Nong Sa Rai, (1593), in Southeast Asian history, military encounter between the Tai (Thai) kingdom of Ayutthaya and the Toungoo dynasty of Myanmar (Burma) which put an end to the aggression that had been waged intermittently by Myanmar. In 1569 the Toungoo conquered Ayutthaya and reduced it to a vassal state. After the great Toungoo conqueror King Bayinnaung was succeeded by his son Nanda Bayin (reigned 1581–99), it soon became apparent that the Toungoo empire was in less able hands. Although then-prince Naresuen, the actual ruler of Ayutthaya, performed vassal military service to Nanda Bayin against the rebel ...(100 of 310 words)