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The chao phraya bit as in nobility rank seems a little inaccurate, phraya is a rank in nobilities all right, and chao refers to nobilities in general but there is no "Chao Phraya" rank that I know of, would anyone care to correct me? also the "River of Kings" is a gimmick name for tourist

As this is a wiki you are free to correct whatever you think is wrong. However the fact that Chao Phraya was a rank I have from the book "The Provincial Administration of Siam 1892-1915" by Tej Bunnag, which says in chapter 1:

The ranks of the nobility from the bottom upwards were the Khun, Luang, Phra, Phraya, Chao Phraya, and Somdet Chao Phraya. With the rank went a title, which in turn was linked to an office.

Sadly that's all I know about those titles, otherwise I would have written an article Nobility in Thailand already :-) andy 17:34, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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 The chao phraya bit as in nobility rank seems a little inaccurate, phraya is a rank in nobilities all right, and chao refers to nobilities in general but there is no "Chao Phraya" rank that I know of, would anyone care to correct me? also the "River of Kings" is a gimmick name for tourist
+:As this is a wiki you are free to [[Wikipedia:Be Bold|correct]] whatever you think is wrong. However the fact that Chao Phraya was a rank I have from the book "The Provincial Administration of Siam 1892-1915" by Tej Bunnag, which says in chapter 1:
+::The ranks of the nobility from the bottom upwards were the ''Khun'', ''Luang'', ''Phra'', ''Phraya'', ''Chao Phraya'', and ''Somdet Chao Phraya''. With the rank went a title, which in turn was linked to an office.
+:Sadly that's all I know about those titles, otherwise I would have written an article [[Nobility in Thailand]] already :-) [[User:Ahoerstemeier|andy]] 17:34, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)