Nokasad

Nokasad was the king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1713 to 1737.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} Champassak, formerly the southern part of Lan Xang, seceded from it in 1713.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-29 |title=Laos |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Laos/History#ref509329 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Britannica |language=en}} He was the grandson of the last king of Lan Xang, King Sourigna Vongsa; and a son-in-law of the Cambodian King Chey Chettha IV.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

In 1718, the first Lao muang in the Chi valley — and indeed anywhere in the interior of the Khorat Plateau — was founded at Suwannaphum District in present-day Roi Et Province by an official in the service of this king.{{citation

| last1 = Brow

| first1 = James

| year = 1976

| title = Population, land and structural change in Sri Lanka and Thailand

|journal= Contributions to Asian Studies

|issue= 9 |page= 47

| publisher = Kogan Page, Limited

| isbn = 90-04-04529-5

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IiUVAAAAIAAJ&dq=Suwannaphum&pg=PA47

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His full name was "Somdetch Brhat Chao Jaya Sri Samudra Buddhangkura". Alternate names included "Soi Si Samout Phouthong Koun"; King of Champa Nagapurisiri or "Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi". He is reckoned posthumously to have been born in 1693 as "Prince (Chao) Nakasatra Sungaya" or "Nokasat Song".{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}