* Khun Lo, a Thai prince, conquers Muang Sua, an early Laotian kingdom.

Muang Sua was the old name of Luang Prabang following its conquest in 698 A. D. by a Tai prince, Khun Lo.

Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom, who is associated with the Lao legend of the creation of the world, which the Lao share with the Shan and other peoples of the region.

Khun Lo established a dynasty whose fifteen rulers reigned over an independent Muang Sua for nearly a century.

* Khun Lo, warlord who founded the city

Khun Lo, legendary founder of the city of Luang Prabang, was the eldest of the seven sons of the Khun Borom, and is credited as being the first of the prehistoric Lao monarchs.

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The eldest son, Khun Lo, was given the kingdom of Muang Sua-modern-day Luang Prabang.

Muang Sua was the name of Luang Phrabang following its conquest in 698 by a Tai prince, Khun Lo, who seized his opportunity when the king of Nanzhao was engaged elsewhere.

Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom, who is associated with the Lao legend of the creation of the world, which the Lao share with the Shan and other peoples of the region.

Khun Lo established a dynasty whose fifteen rulers reigned over an independent Muang Sua for the better part of a century.

* Khun Lo Dynasty

* Khun Lo, the eldest of the sons of Khun Borom and the first of the Lao kings

They are descended from the rulers of the Kingdom of Champassak and are also members of the Khun Lo Dynasty, which was established by Khun Lo.

Khun Sa died on 26 October 2007 in Yangon at the age of 73.

She was given the official title Khun Preah Moneang Bopha Norleak Meak.

It is said that Sukhothai was established as a sovereign, strong kingdom by Pho Khun Si Indrathit in 1238 AD.

Modern historians stated that the secession of Sukhothai from the Khmer empire began as early as 1180 during the reign of Po Khun Sri Naw Namthom who was the ruler of Sukhothai and the peripheral city of Sri Satchanalai ( now a part of Sukhothai Province as Amphoe ).

Two brothers, Po Khun Bangklanghao and Po Khun Phameung ( Po Khun was a Siamese title of high nobility ) took Sukhothai from Mon hands in 1239.

During this time, the legends of Khun Borom were recorded on palm-leaf manuscripts and the Lao classical epic Sin Xay was composed.

The last one was Khun Vaang.

The next Lord of Mae Hong Son was Tho ( โท ้ ะ ), referred to as Pu Khun Tho or Old Man Tho the Mandarin ( ป ู่ ข ุ นโท ้ ะ ), who was made partasakti with the title Phaya Phithak Sayam Khet, or Lord Protector of the Fertile Soils of Siam ( พญาพ ิ ท ั กษ ์ สยามเขต ).

The next figure to rule as Lord of Mae Hong Son was Khun Lu ( ข ุ นหล ู่), the son of Pu Khun Tho, who reigned in his place as partasakti with the title Phaya Phisan Hong Son Buri, or Lord of the Metropolis of Hong Son Most Vast ( พญาพ ิ ศาลฮ ่ องสอนบ ุ ร ี).

In 1890, during the reign of Rama V of Bangkok, Phraya Si Sahathep ( พระยาศร ี สหเทพ ), Plat Thun Chalong ( ปล ั ดท ู ลฉลอง ) of the Ministry of the Interior, completed an inspection tour of the cities in the Northwestern Mandala ( see also Mandala ( Southeast Asian history ) and Mandala for perspective ) and consulted with High Commissioner Phraya Ritsaratchakit ( พระยาร ิ ศราชก ิ จ ข ้ าหลวงใหญ ่), who oversaw the Northwestern Mandala, to organise a new order of governance, namely, he would incorporate the partially independent city-states of Mae Hong Son, Khun Yuam ( เม ื องข ุ นยวม ), Yuam ( เม ื องยวม ) ( Mae Sariang ) and Pai into a single unit of government to be called the Boriwen Chiang Mai Tawantok, or Shire of Western Chiang Mai ( บร ิ เวณเช ี ยงใหม ่ ตะว ั นตก ), and placed the government of the shire ( which was now comparable to that of a single mueang ) at Khun Yuem by appointing Nai Mot ( นายโหมด ) as shire reeve ( as stated by the Minister for the Interior on July 11, 1901 ).

In 1903, the seat of government was moved from Khun Yuam to Yuam and the administrative division was renamed from Western Chiang Mai ( บร ิ เวณเช ี ยงใหม ่ ตะว ั นตก ) to Northern Phayap ( บร ิ เวณพาย ั พเหน ื อ ).

Although the bagpipes arrived from the British Isles with a user's manual, no one was able to figure out how to play them, so bassoon player Khun Saman Siang-prajak went to the British Embassy and learned how to play the instrument with the British soldiers, and then became instructor to the rest of the Corps.

The original lyrics were by Khun Wichitmatra.

After that, in the competition for the lyrics with Phra Jenduriyang's music, the original words by Khun Wichitmatra won the first prize and still used as an official lyrics with, however, a minor edit and an additional version which wrote by Chan Khamvilai and won the second prize.

Khun Borom Rachathirath is the legendary progenitor of the Tai-speaking peoples, considered by the Lao and others to be the father of their race.

In 1826, Khun Ying Mo managed to save the city from an invasion by the Laotian army led by Prince Anouvong of Vientiane.

While the eastern part of the province is characterized by relatively flat river plains, the northern and western part consist of the hilly terrain of the Hills of Northern Thailand with the Khun Tan Range and the Phi Pan Nam Range in the west and the Daen Lao Range in the north.

The mountainous terrain of the Daen Lao Range ( ท ิ วเขาแดนลาว ) in the northern end of the province, the Thanon Thong Chai Range ( เท ื อกเขาถนนธงช ั ย ) stretching in a north-south direction, and the Khun Tan Range in the east of the province are covered by rain forest.

It is surrounded by mountain chains, with the Thanon Thong Chai Range in the west and the Khun Tan Range in the east of the province.

Narai responded the French by the dispatch of Siamese mission to France in January 1684 led by Khun Pijaivanit and Khun Pijitmaitri accompanied by missionary Benigne Vachet.

* Khun Yai ( played by Elizabeth Sung ) London's grandmother and Mrs. Tipton's mother from Thailand.

Its name is derived from Wakhi ' Khun ' means Home and ' Jerav ' means spring water / water falling.

Around 700 AD, Tai people who did not come under Chinese influence settled in what is now Dien Bien Phu in modern Vietnam according to the Khun Borom legend.

In the 12th century, the Tai Po Khuns of the upper Chao Phraya coalesced around the Po Khun of Sukhothai-an important Khmer outpost.

With the weakened Khmer authority, Po Khun Si Nau Namthom of Sukhothai gained the autonomy of upper Chao Phraya valley.

* Pho Khun Si Indrathit becomes the first king of the Sukhothai kingdom, marking the founding of the modern Thai nation.

Oral history of the migrations is preserved in the legends of Khun Borom.

Pho Khun Ban Muang and his brother Ram Khamhaeng expanded the Sukhothai kingdom.

One year later in 1640, he assisted Erdeni Batur, Khun Taiyishi of the Choros-Oirat tribe, in assembling a pan-Mongol conference between the Oirat and the Khalkha.

According to a shared legend amongst various Tai tribes, a possibly mythical king, Khun Borom Rachathiriat ( ຂ ຸ ນບ ໍ ຣ ົ ມຣາຊາທ ິ ຣາດ, ข ุ นบรมราชาธ ิ ราช, ) of Mueang Thaen ( ເມ ື ອງແຖນ, เม ื องแถน, ) ( modern-day Điện Biên Phủ ) begot several sons that settled and ruled other mueang, or city-states, across South-East Asia and southern China.

Chaisongkram ’ s brother, Khun Kruea the King of Mong Nai, invaded Chiang Mai for the throne.

Thau Nam Tuam, another son of Chaisongkram, intervened and repelled Khun Kruea.