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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Vol. 30 No. 1 Jan.-Mar. 2005 130 °“√ª°§√ÕßÀ— «‡¡◊ ÕߢÕ߉∑¬ ¡— ¬Õ¬ÿ ∏¬“µÕπª≈“¬ : »÷ °…“®“°æ√–√“™°”Àπ¥‡°à “ ®ÿ ≈»— °√“™ Ò¯˘ √— ™ ¡— ¬ ¡‡¥Á ®æ√–‡®â “∑â “¬ √– Ò˜.Ò ∂â “‡®â “‡¡◊ Õß·≈°√¡°“√µâ Õß æ‘ æ“…„Àâ ∫Õ°‡¢â “‰ª Ò˜.Ú ∂â “ µâ Õßæ‘ æ“∑ „Àâ ‡®â “‡¡◊ Õß∫Õ°‡¢â “‰ª¬— ß≈Ÿ °¢ÿ π»“≈“„Àâ °√“∫∫— ߧ¡∑Ÿ ≈ Ò¯ Õπ÷Ë ß §√—È π‡∑»°“√æ√–√“™æ‘ ∑∏’ µ√ÿ ¥ “¥ „Àâ ¬ÿ °√∫— µ√‡¢â “¡“√— ∫æ√–√“™- ∑“ππÈ ”ª√–æ— ∑ — ®®“≥°√ÿ ßœ ·≈„Àâ °”Àπ¥√Ÿâ °‘ ®√“™°“√·≈°‘ ®»ÿ °¢å ∑ÿ °¢å √“…Æ√∑— ߪ«ß ·≈§π·Õ∫·Ωß´ÿà ¡´à Õπ ®√ — ¥æ≈— ¥π—È π„À⠮߷®â ß®ß∑ÿ °ª√–°“√ ®–„Àâ °√¡«— ß∂“¡ ∂â “·≈„Àâ °“√‰ª¡‘ ‰¥â ®–„Àâ ∑’ ‚∑…®ßÀπ— ° ·≈„Àâ ‡®â “‡¡◊ ÕߺŸâ √—È ß°√¡°“√∑”µ“¡ æ√–√“™°”ÀπÆ°ÆÀ¡“¬π’È ®ß∑ÿ ° ª√–°“√ ∂â “ºŸâ „¥¡‘ ‰¥â °√–∑”µ“¡®„Àâ ¡’ ‚∑…µ“¡‚∑…“πÿ ‚∑… °Æ„Àâ ‰«â ≥–«— π §Ë ” ®ÿ ≈»— °√“™ Ò¯˘ ªï ¡–·¡ πæ»° ª≈— ¥ ¬ÿ °√–∫— µ√ } ª≈— ¥ ¬ÿ °√–∫— µ√ } ¯ Ú œ ¯ Abstract The Provincial Administration of Siamduring the Late Ayutthaya Period : AStudy of the Royal Order of King Thai Sa Dated C.S. 1089 Winai Pongsripian This paper, which appears as part of the TRF-sponsored project, “The Provincial Administration of Siam during Late Ayutthaya Times As Seen through the Royal Order of King Thai Sa of C.S. 1089 (A.D. 1727)”, aims to clarify some of the more important aspects of the provincial administration of Siam during the late Ayutthaya period. It highlights the Royal Order of King Thai Sa of C.S 1089 as the main document, because it was issued at the time when the court was experiencing problems relating to various provincial administrative affairs. As the Royal Order of C.S. 1089 exists in both forms, as the original law text of late Ayutthaya and the “cleansed” version in the Law of the Three Seals, the writer juxtaposes them and explains how the “cleansed” version came about. The change is obvious in the literary and orthographical styles, whereas the content was modified retrospectively by the legal experts of the First Reign so as to make it accord with the administrative framework then in practice. The paper also deals succinctly with the evolution of the provincial administration of Old Siam, as well as such topics as the status of all the chao muang, “governors”, of different grades, their roles and duties in times of peace and disturbances, and the measures used by the central government to curb the aspiring provincial governors’ independence and abuse of power. Key words : The Royal Order of C.S. 1089, King Thai Sa, Siam’s provincial administration during the late Ayutthaya period, the status of provincial towns and provincial governors, the Law of the Three Seals