Tboung Khmum Kingdom

Tboung Khmum Kingdom (Khmer: ត្បូងឃ្មុំ [tɓoːŋ kʰmum]) was a former political entity of the Kuy people[1]: 21 [2] that existed around the 14th to 16th centuries in the central Mekong Valley,[2] covering some parts of present-day northeast Cambodia, southern Laos, and northeastern Thailand.

[2] Its capital was annexed by Cambodia in the 16th century,[3]: 37  while the remaining communities in the north evolved into the multi-ethnolinguistic polities that later became part of Laos and Thailand.

The only surviving evidence is the Longvek Chronicle, written by the Khmer king Ang Eng,[1]: 27–28  and it is sporadically mentioned in the Siamese royal text in the Ayutthaya and early Rattanakosin periods.

[5]: 101  The latter part of the chronicle mentions the struggle for the throne by the Khmer royal family after the death of King Noreay Ramathuppdey [fr] in 1468.

[4]: 1–4, 11–12  Meanwhile, the Kuy communities in the Mun River basin in the west were loyal to Ayutthaya, with Phimai as the head of the region,[3]: 37–38  and it was collectively called in the Rattanakosin period as Hua Mueang Khamen Pa Dong (หัวเมืองเขมรป่าดง), which can be interpreted as meaning "cities of the Khmer forest people.

Regions with significant Kuy populations