In 1714 a young King. Sri T’ammaraja, had succeeded to the throne of Combudia. His uncle, the ex-King Keo Fa, who had abdicated some years previously, declared war on the young King, and called in the Cochin-Chinese army to his aid. King Sri T’ammaraja wasdethorned, and fled, with his younger brother, to Ayut’ia, to appeal for the help of King T’ai Sra.