Ah Canul
| Kuchkabal Ah Canul | ||||||||||
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 Kuchkabals of Yucatan after 1461.
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| Capital | Calkini | |||||||||
| Languages | Official language: Yucatec |
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| Religion | Maya religion | |||||||||
| Government | Oligarchy | |||||||||
| Historical era | Post Classic Period / Early Modern | |||||||||
| • | Established | 1443 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1541 | ||||||||
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Ah Canul was the name of a Maya Kuchkabal of the northwest Yucatán Peninsula, before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century.
Ah Canul literally means "protector", derived from the verb canan which means to guard or protect.
After the destruction of Mayapan ( 1441 - 1461 ), in the peninsula of Yucatan , the Maya great rivalries were created, and 16 or 17 were formed jurisdictions Kuchkabal separate calls. In each there was a Kuchkabal Halach Uinik (man made, man command), which had the highest military, judicial and political authority, who lived in a major city considered the capital of the Kuchkabal.
Each kuchkabal was divided into several municipalities or batabilob (plural of batalib) which were governed by a batab . The batabob (plural of batab) obeyed the Halach Uinik and were often in their families. Each batabil was divided into several kuchkteel or residential units. This kind of small council resided in a village and was divided into extended families. Their representatives met to resolve important issues and the batab also part in these meetings, each batabil councils was composed of representatives of families or lineages called ah k'ul (delegate) and representatives appointed by the batab ah kuch called kob.
The halach uinik was the high priest of each kuchkabal. Next in the religious command Ah K'in May, after the regular priests k'in ah, ah nakom sacrificers, the chilam prophets and priests of lower rank: chako'ob.
The halach uinik was the highest military authority and appointed a captain named nacom , who coordinated the batabob also had a high military rank.
For Ah Canul, the capitol is Calkiní , but there was no halach uinik, the Kuchkabal of Ah Canul instead the Batabob had a senate. This senate was held under a Ceiba tree considered sacred, and is thus reached a consensus on the future of their communities.
Shortly after the arrival of the Ah Canul, there was a civil war between Cocomes and Tutul-Xiu two groups of people in The League of Mayapan. Even with the help of Canul family the country was destroyed by the armies of Xupan Ah Xiu , great lord of Uxmal , who was given the task of assassinating the royal family of the Cocom. Only one of the Cocom who was in Honduras survived and founded Tibolón in Sotuta.
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