and the subsequent campaign in Cambodia (1841-1845).

Early life

Nangklao was born as Prince Thap in 1788 to Prince Itsarasunthon and one of his royal wives, Chao Chom Manda Riam, who came from a Muslim noble family from the south. Riam also birthed two siblings for Prince Thap who both died in the same year, Pom (1790-93) and Noo Dam (1792-93). Following Itsarasunthon's coronation (posthumously known as Phutthaloetla Naphalai,

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