Po Klaong Halau

[1] Although the native chronicles do not say much about him, foreign sources suggest that this was a period of intense political and military activity for Champa.

The capital was moved further south to Parik (Phan Rí) by his successor, presumably to stay clear of the Vietnamese Nguyễn lords.

"[6] In fact, by this time Islam had made many converts in Champa via missionaries from Brunei and other Muslim kingdoms in the region.

They won the ear of the new Cambodian King Preah Ram I and emerged as leaders of a sizeable Muslim Malay-Cham community in Cambodia, centered in the Thbaung Khmum province.

[8] However, the Cambodian crisis of 1594 eventually led to the intervention of a small troop of Spanish and Portuguese adventurers who managed to surprise and kill King Preah Rama I in May 1596.

However, Laksmana and his Cham associate Po Rat violently opposed the Europeans after a fallout in Phnom Penh in 1599.

They killed the Spanish-backed king Barom Reachea II and started to subjugate large parts of Cambodia.

His tomb is situated in the village Hamu Tanran, south of Phan Rang, though it was badly ruined by the late 19th century.