Nai Thaen (นายแท่น)

Thai. ‘Mr. Pedestal’. Name of one of the eleven heroic leaders who in 1767, at the end of the Ayutthaya period, fought the invading Burmese in defence of the Bang Rajan fort in Singburi (fig.). He was a native from Sri Bua Thong (ศรีบัวทอง) village in Singburi, who was brave and skilled in planning battles. He was a general who had led his troops in several victorious battles against the Burmese. In his 4th campaign against this arch enemy, in which he commanded 200 men of the royal army, he had been able to kill the Burmese General Surin Chokhong, but had himself suffered a knee injury and after being carried back to the camp, he soon died due to a poisonous infection caused by this wound. In iconography, he is usually depicted yielding two swords. 回