[1] He was a partisan of Nguyễn Ánh in his struggle against the Tây Sơn movement that embroiled Vietnam in a civil war up to 1802.
In 1790 he conquered the region of Phan Rí for Nguyễn Ánh, who in the meantime retook Gia Định (present-day Ho Chi Minh City).
[1] From now on, the Nguyễn faction occupied southernmost Vietnam from Gia Định to Khánh Hòa, so that the Cham lands somewhat stabilized.
Po Ladhuanpuguh was formally promoted to chưởng cơ of Thuận Thành in the first month of the Year of the Tiger (1794) and thus became the sole ruler of Champa.
Po Thong Khang, the Cham leader advocated by the Tây Sơn dynasty, invaded Băl Canar in 1796.
A Malay nobleman called Tuan Phaow revolted against the Nguyễn lords in 1796 and gave his movement an Islamic profile.