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Mạc Thiên Tứ

1718–1780 · 18th century · Also known as Mac Thien Tu, Mo Tianci

Mạc Thiên Tứ was the second ruler of the Hà Tiên principality on the Gulf of Thailand, succeeding his father Mạc Cửu in 1735 as a vassal of the Nguyễn lords. A patron of letters, he gathered Chinese and Vietnamese poets in a literary society and intervened in Cambodian successions. Driven out by Taksin of Siam in 1771, he later went to Bangkok, where he died in 1780.

Mạc Thiên Tứ
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Ha Tien Principality

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mạc Thiên Tứ. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mac-thien-tu
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