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In 1863 Thailand, in those days known to Europeans by the name of Siam, was an absolute monarchy; the reigning monarch was King Phra Chom Klao, perhaps better known as King Mongkut, the father of King Chulalongkorn.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1963). Thailand. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270923_103
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