Institution

Mahatthai

The Mahatthai was one of the two great ministries of the Siamese state from the Ayutthaya period, headed by the Samuha Nayok and responsible for civil affairs and later the administration of the northern provinces. Traditionally attributed to the reforms of King Borommatrailokkanat, it became the Ministry of the Interior in King Chulalongkorn's reforms of 1892.

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