complex.... Extract of Wikipedia: "Patani is historically similar to sultanates such as Singgora ( Songkhla ), Ligor ( Nakhon Si Thammarat ), and Lingga (near Surat Thani ): Patani was a semi-independent Malay sultanate paying tribute to the Siamese kingdoms of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya . After Ayutthaya fell to the Burmese in