Netherlands - Siam, wani yanki na tarihi

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Siam, Ratcha Anachak Thai, ko Muang Thai, -ƙasar mutane masu 'yanci- shine sunan hukuma na ƙasar da ta kasance tun 1939. Tailandia ake kira. A cikin 17^e a 18^e karni akwai alaka ta kut-da-kut a tsakanin wakana da Netherlands kuma akwai kyakkyawar alakar kasuwanci tsakanin kasashen biyu.

An fara shi ne a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1601, ranar da jiragen ruwa biyu na Holland, 'Amsterdam' da 'Gouda', wanda Jacob van Neck ya umarta, suka yi tafiya a Pattani a kudu, kusa da Songkla. Wurin ya kasance 'tributary' ga Siam a lokacin. Portuguese, Sinawa da Jafananci sun riga sun sami wuri a can a lokacin. Zai bayyana a fili cewa isowar jiragen ruwan Holland ba su yi daidai da maraba da su ba.

Masana'anta

Duk da wannan adawar, 'yan uwanmu sun kulla yarjejeniyar kasuwanci da Sarauniyar Pattani don siyan barkono, da dai sauransu, a karkashin yanayi mai kyau. A cikin shekara guda, a cikin 1602, an gina wani abin da ake kira 'masana'antu' inda 'yan kasuwa Pieter Walliechsz van Delff da Daniel van der Lecq suka zauna tare da yawan mabiya. Ba da daɗewa ba wannan ofishin kasuwanci ya ɗauki muhimmiyar rawa kuma har ma an yi tunanin cewa Pattani zai iya zama wani nau'i na kofa na kasuwanci da Sin da Japan.

A 1604 da 'Oppercoopman' na VOC Cornelis Specx tare da kyaututtuka masu tamani ga kotun Siamese, yana fatan samun fa'idodin kasuwanci mai mahimmanci. Sarkin Siamese ya kuma yaba da kyakykyawan alaka da kasar Holland sannan ya aika da tawaga zuwa ga Yariman Maurits mai rike da madafun iko a lokacin. Ofishin Jakadancin Siamese, wanda shi ne na farko da aka aika zuwa Turai, ya isa Netherlands tare da 'Oranje' kuma an karɓi shi a cikin masu sauraro a ranar 11 ga Satumba 1608 ta Stadholder.

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Ayutthaya

Mun isa 1627 lokacin da Sarkin Siam ya ba da damar VOC ta gina ginin dutse a ciki Ayutthaya iya kafa. Kasuwanci ya bunƙasa kuma sarkin masana'antar yana ba da matsayin Mandarin ta hanyar sarki, tare da manyan iko a matsayin 'sonderling proffyt ga Generale Compagnie'. Domin akwai karancin shinkafa a Indiya, akwai sha'awar karawa da hakan daga Siam. Don faranta wa sarkin Siamesa rai, mutanen Holland sun taimaka masa lokacin da Siam ya fuskanci rikicin 'ciki ko na waje'.

A tsakiyar 17^e karni, dan kasada na Girka, Constaat Phauleon, ya sami babban tasiri a kan sarkin Siam kuma ya juya shi gaba da Dutch, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya fara shan wahala daga wannan. Ta hanyar Batavia, VOC ta bar masana'anta a Ayutthaya kuma ta toshe kogin Menam, wanda ya haifar da lalacewar kasuwanci ga sarkin Siam. Abin dariya shine asalin sunan Menam na kogin mafi girma na Thailand, Mae nam Chao Phraya. Sunan Thai don kogin shine Mae nam. A wancan lokacin, 'yan Holland na tashar ciniki na VOC sun yi tunanin cewa 'Mae nam' shine sunan da ya dace na kogin, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa ko a cikin tsoffin taswira ana kiran kogin da Mae Nam.

Wautar Dutch

Ba da da ewa ba bayan katangar, sarki ya aika da tawaga zuwa Batavia. Idan muka yi la'akari da VOC a matsayin ikon Yammacin Turai, wannan ya haifar da yarjejeniyar farko da Siam ya kulla da yamma. Kasuwancin Dutch-Siamese ya sake bunƙasa, amma bai sake kai girman da ya sanya masana'antar Ayutthaya ta zama 'ofishi mai riba' ba. A hankali, an rage ma'aikatan Siam kuma Kotun Siamese ta ki ci gaba da baiwa 'yan kasar Holland ikon mallakar kasuwanci. A cikin 1768 an rufe masana'anta a Ayutthaya.

Duk wannan ya faru ne a lokacin Jamhuriyar Bakwai United Netherlands (1588-1795), jihar da ba ta da mazauna fiye da miliyan biyu da rabi kuma tana da matukar muhimmanci a kasuwancin duniya. A cewar wani rahoton jarida daga shekara ta 1934, tarkacen rugujewar ginin masana’antar Dutch ya cika da bishiyoyi da tsirrai a wannan shekarar.

Har zuwa kusan 1930, kusa da bakin kogin Menam, ko Mae nam Chao Phraya, har yanzu akwai ragowar ragowar tsoffin katafaren kantin sayar da kayan kamfanin 'Amsterdam', wanda ke da suna a tsakanin mazauna yankin: De Hollandse Dwaasheid.