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Narai
27th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1656–88)
This article is about the Thai king. For King Narai of Lavo, see Lavo Kingdom. For the Japanese village of Narai, see Narai-juku.
King Narai the Great (Thai: สมเด็จพระนารายณ์มหาราช, RTGS: Somdet Phra Narai Maharat, pronounced[sǒm.dètpʰráʔnāː.rāːjmā.hǎː.râːt]listenⓘ) or Ramathibodi III (Thai: รามาธิบดีที่ ๓listenⓘ) was the 27th monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom, the 4th and last monarch of the Prasat Thong dynasty.
He was the king of Ayutthaya Kingdom from 1656 to 1688 and arguably the most famous king of the Prasat Thong dynasty.
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His reign was the most prosperous during the Ayutthaya period and saw the great commercial and diplomatic activities with foreign nations including the Middle East and the West. During the later years of his reign, Narai gave his favorite – the Greek adventurer Constantine Phaulkon – so much power that Phaulkon technically became the chancellor of the state.
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