Basarake mai sauri a Pattaya da wasu Siamese goma sha ɗaya

Yarima Bira a Zandvoort (Hoto: Wikipedia CC0 1.0 Universal)

A lokacin da muka tsaya na karshe na muzaharar mota mun karasa a filin tseren Bira. Bira? Wacece wancan? A makon da ya gabata an amsa min wannan tambaya dalla-dalla a cikin wani littafi mai ban sha'awa kuma mai daɗi da Teddy Spha Palastira ya rubuta, mai suna The last Siamese, tafiye-tafiye cikin yaƙi da zaman lafiya.

Yarima Bira, cikakken suna HRH Yarima Birabongse Bhanubandh, an haife shi a cikin 1914 a matsayin jikan Sarki Mongkut (Rama IV). A lokacin karatunsa a Landan (hanyoyin gani!) ya zama abin sha'awar motoci masu sauri kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin direban tsere. Tsakanin 1935 zuwa 1955 ya shiga cikin ɗaruruwan tsere a kowane da'irar da'ira a Turai da sauran wurare. Ya tuka motarsa ​​ta Ingilishi Racing Automobile (E.R.A.), miyan silinda shida, kuma yana samun nasara akai-akai. Bai tuƙi a madadin kowace masana'antar mota ba amma a madadin wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta, ƙungiyar White Mouse, wacce ɗan uwansa, Yarima Chula Chakrabongse, jikan Sarki Chulalongkorn ya kafa. Bayan yakin, E.R.A. ba zai iya ƙara yin gasa da motocin tsere daga Maserati da Alfa Romeo ba. A cikin Janairu 1955 ya ci New Zealand Grand Prix a Ardmore kuma washegari ya ƙare aikinsa na tsere.

Shi ne kuma dan kasar Thailand na farko da ya tashi shi kadai daga Turai zuwa Thailand, sannan shi ne dan kasar Thailand na farko da ya fara shayar da kankara a kogin Bangkok. Bira kuma ya zama, bayan auren farko da wata Bature (Ceril) da kuma na biyu ga wani dan kasar Argentina (Chelita), mace mai tilastawa wacce ke zaune a wani kyakkyawan gida mai suna Les Faunes kusa da Cannes, inda jirgin ruwansa ke tafiya. Abokinsa kuma direban Prasom ya dauko matan a cikin Aston Martin sannan ya dawo da su a cikin Buick. A cewar Teddy, Bira ta kwana da daruruwan mata. Aurensa na biyu ya mutu haka ma kasafin kudinsa. A 1956 ya saki Chelita kuma ya koma Thailand ya karya.

"Rayuwa ta fara da sittin," in ji Bira ga abokansa a Royal Varuna Yacht Club a Pattaya. Ya kasance mai matukar muhimmanci kuma daga karshe mamba ne na almara a wurin. Libidonsa ya dushe kuma yanzu ya yi rayuwa mai natsuwa tare da wasu mata ’yan Thai biyu, Lom da Lek. Amma har yanzu yana da ma'anar saurin gudu kuma ya zama babban matuƙin jirgin ruwa, wanda ya ci nasara da yawa. Ya kasance cikin tawagar 'yan wasan kasar Thailand da suka halarci gasar Olympics a shekarun 1956, 1960, 1964 da 1972. Ya tabbatar da cewa muhimman gasannin jiragen ruwa sun zo Pattaya, kamar gasar cin kofin duniya da aka yi a shekarar 1978. Ya kuma tsara gasar XNUMX- da hannu daya. kilo kofin tagulla na kulob din.

Kasadar kasuwancinsa ta ƙare ba tare da wahala ba, ta yadda abokansa koyaushe suna taimaka wa kuɗi. Ya kasance mai farin ciki a cikin soyayya da wasa (wasanni), amma ba cikin kasuwanci ba. A cikin 1985, kwanaki biyu kafin Kirsimeti, ya mutu a kan benci a karkashin kasa na Landan, da alama ciwon zuciya. Rayuwa mai ban mamaki da ban mamaki ta zo ƙarshen shiru!

Zan taƙaita shi a bushe yanzu, amma Teddy ya shirya zanen tarihin rayuwarsa tare da kowane irin labari mai daɗi da nishadi. Yana da daɗin karantawa.

Kuma ba haka ba ne, domin ban da Prince Bira, Teddy yana kula da wasu mutanen Siamese goma sha ɗaya waɗanda suka jagoranci rayuwa mai ban mamaki a karnin da ya gabata (sau da yawa dangane da WWII). Zan ambaci kaɗan kaɗan: Don haka Sethaputra, wanda a matsayin ɗan fursuna na siyasa ya haɗa ƙamus na farko na Turanci-Thai, Plaek Pibulsongkram, ɗan kama-karya wanda ya yi ƙoƙarin kiyaye buƙatun Thai a lokacin WWII, Nai Lert (Lert Sreshthaputra), babban ɗan Thai na farko- sikelin dan kasuwa. Haka kuma wasu mutane takwas na Siamese, kowannensu tabbas ya cancanci zayyana tarihin rayuwar da Teddy ya sanya su a cikin kyakkyawan littafinsa. Anand Panyarachun tsohon Firaministan Thailand ne ya gabatar da littafinsa. Teddy ya kammala gabatarwar nasa da kalmomin 'idan kuna son gano su waye abokanku na gaske kuma kuna son jin daɗin tsufa, rubuta littafi'. Nasiha mai ban mamaki….

Zan iya ba da shawarar wannan littafi mai ban sha'awa da daɗi da zuciya ɗaya kawai.