Kosa Pan
Pan (Thai: ปาน), known by his rank Chao Phraya Kosathibodi (Thai: เจ้าพระยาโกษาธิบดี, or Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade) or former rank Ok Phra Wisut Sunthon (Thai: ออกพระวิสุทธิสุนทร, or First-Class Diplomat) or by the nickname Kosa Pan (Thai: โกษาปาน), was a Siamese diplomat and minister who led the Second Siamese Embassy to France sent by king Narai in 1686. He was preceded to France by the First Siamese Embassy to France, which had been composed of two Siamese ambassadors and Father Bénigne Vachet, who had left Siam for France on January 5, 1684. He is a Nephew of King Ekathotsarot and a Great grandfather of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke of Chakri Dynasty. His brother, Lek (Thai: เหล็ก), also ranked Chao Phraya Kosathibodi before him.
Read more about Kosa Pan: Embassy To France (1686), 1688 Siamese Revolution
Famous quotes containing the word pan:
“When Pan sounds up his minstrelsy;
His minstrelsy! O base! This quill,
Which at my mouth with wind I fill,
Puts me in mind, though her I miss,
That still my Syrinx’ lips I kiss.”
—John Lyly (1553–1606)