Thalang

Thalang belongs to the Phuket island region on the Andaman side of the Malay Peninsula. Sheltered coastal waters, wooded hills, and routes toward the mainland placed the area within a maritime world shaped by the monsoon. Fishing and cultivation supported inhabitants, while tin-bearing ground gave parts of the region a valuable export resource. Access to labor, transport, and trading connections mattered as much as the presence of mineral deposits themselves.

By the seventeenth century Thalang was a tin-exporting port, attracting Indian and European traders as well as the attention of Siamese rulers. During the Burmese invasion of Siam in 1785–1786, Chan and her sister Muk helped organise the defence of Thalang; the attackers withdrew after a siege. Accounts differ on the precise year assigned to the siege, but it belongs to this campaign.

The later city of Phuket lies here.