Fan Tat (范逸) also known as Phạm Dat or Fan Yi was the King of Champa, then known as Lin-yi, from 284 to 336. In 284, the King sent the first Cham envoy to the Chinese Emperor's Court.[1]: 323 [2]: 44 He died in 336, and was succeeded by his commander in chief.[3] Fan came to the throne after a protracted campaign led by his predecessor Fan Hsiung who led attacks on the Chinese province of Jiaozhi.[4]
The son of Fan Hiong, Fan Yi employed Fan Wen, a Chinese knowledgeable in the martial arts, including city fortifications.[5]: 27
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^Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN978-0-8248-0368-1.