 The Chinese chronicler Zhao Rugua knew it as "Pong-fong".According to the continuation of Ma Duanlin's "Wenxian Tongkao", Pahang was called "Siam-lao thasi".By Arabs and Europeans, the kingdom was variously styled "Pam, Pan, Paam, Paon, Phaan, Phang, Paham, Pahan, Pahaun, Phaung, Phahangh".