29,542
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
'''Thailand''' was previously known as '''Siam'''.
The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 provided rights for British subjects in Siam, including the right of property the right of residence and travel. As part of this treaty, the Siamese government transferred to the British government the states of Kelantan, Tringganu, Kedah, Perlis, and adjacent islands. These areas areas became part of the Unfederated Malay States.
A rubber plantation industry developed in Thailand. For general information about this industry, see [[Malaysia]].
There was a Norwegian community in Thailand. <ref>[http://www.conniemangskau.com/connie_2.html Meet Connie] conniemangskau.com. Connie Mangskau was born in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1907 to an English father and Thai mother. At 18 she was married to a Norwegian rubber planter. For her support of the Norwegian community in Thailand, she was later presented with an award.</ref>
==Records==
*[https://archive.org/details/captiveongermanr00tray ''A Captive on a German Raider''] by F G Trayes 1918 Archive.org. The author, captured in September 1917, had been in government service for twenty years in Siam, and there is a brief mention of the decorations he had been awarded by the King of Siam page 104-105.
==References==<references/>
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Countries]]
