↑ Cœdès, G. (1921). “The Origins of the Sukhodaya Dynasty” (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society. Siam Heritage Trust. JSS Vol. 14.1b (digital): image 1. Truy cập ngày 17 tháng 3 năm 2013. The dynasty which reigned during a part of the XIIIth. and the first half of the XlVth. centuries at Sukhodaya and at Sajjanlaya, on the upper Menam Yom, is the first historical Siamese dynasty. It has a double claim to this title, both because its cradle was precisely in the country designated by foreigners as "Siam" (Khmer: Syain; Chinese: Sien, etc.), and because it is this dynasty which, by freeing the Thai principalities from the Cambodian yoke and by gradually extending its conquests as far as the Malay Peninsula, paved the way for the formation of the Kingdom of Siam properly so called.
↑ Prince Dhani Nivat, Kromamun Bidyadabh (1947). “The Old Siamese conception of the Monarchy” (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society. Siamese Heritage Trust. JSS Vol. 36.2b (digital): image 10 page 93. Truy cập ngày 7 tháng 3 năm 2013. Patriarchal Sukhothai Kingship...The monarch was of course the people's leader in battle; but he was also in peace-time their father whose advice was sought and expected in all matters and whose judgment was accepted by all. He was moreover accessible to his people, for we are told by an old inscription that, in front of the royal palace of Sukhothai there used to be a gong hung up for people to go and beat upon whenever they wanted personal help and redress. The custom survived with slight modifications all through the centuries down to the change of regime in 1932....
↑ Terwiel, Barend Jan (1983). “Ahom and the Study of Early Thai Society” (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society. Siamese Heritage Trust. JSS Vol. 71.0 (PDF): image 4. Truy cập ngày 7 tháng 3 năm 2013. In older usage, khun was used for a ruler of a fortified town and its surrounding villages, together called a mueang; with the prefix pho (พ่อ "father") appears as Pho Khun.
↑ Griswold, A.B.; Prasert na Nagara (1969). “A Law Promulgated by the King of Ayudhya in 1397 A.D. Epigraphic and Historical Studies, No. 4” (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society. Siam Heritage Trust. JSS Vol. 57.1 (digital): image 3. Truy cập ngày 17 tháng 3 năm 2013. It was customary for Southeast Asian kings, who were of course the absolute proprietors of the land, to allot the usufruct of portions of it to their subjects. The kings of Ayudhya allotted a specified number of sakti-na or 'dignity-marks' to each of their subjects according to his rank and the position he occupied, corresponding to the number of rai he was actually or theoretically entitled to; and when the system was fully developed the number of marks ranged from 5 to 25 for ordinary citizens, up to 10,000 for ministers in charge of important departments, and 20,000 for princes of the highest rank.
↑ “Royal Words”. Internet resource for the Thai language. ngày 9 tháng 10 năm 2013. Truy cập ngày 4 tháng 10 năm 2013.
↑ Lingat, R. (1950). “Evolution of the Conception of Law in Burma and Siam” (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society. Siam Heritage Trust. JSS Vol. 38.1c (digital). Truy cập ngày 17 tháng 3 năm 2013. Kings and rajas are only responsible for keeping peace and order. It is a very noticeable thing that in so rich a language as Sanskrit there exists no proper word to translate our word law as meaning positive law. It is true Hindus have the word darma, which is sometimes wrongfully translated by the word law, but actually is quite a different thing....
↑ Wales, H. G. Quaritch (ngày 14 tháng 4 năm 2005) [First published in 1931]. “Chapter IV, the kingship”. Siamese state ceremonies . London: Bernard Quaritch. tr. 32. Truy cập ngày 25 tháng 4 năm 2012. ...to-day we find the only certain relic of the cult of the Royal God in the symbolism of the Coronation Ceremony by which the Brahman priests call down the spirits of Visnu and Siva to animate the new king.... Đã bỏ qua tham số không rõ |chapterurl= (trợ giúp)
↑ Pakorn Nilprapunt (2006). “Martial Law, B.E. 2457 (1914) — unofficial translation” (PDF). thailawforum.com. Office of the Council of State. Truy cập ngày 21 tháng 5 năm 2014. Reference to Thai legislation in any jurisdiction shall be to the Thai version only. This translation has been made so as to establish correct understanding about this Act to the foreigners.
