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Ilok'tab Dynasty

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12th Dynasty
Ajaw-Ilok'tab Nimja
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The Dynasty kept the Glyph of Sakule, the capital of the Mam Kingdom, as their Glyph-Emblem
Parent houseIlok'tab
Country Mutul
FoundedAD 1205
FounderJasaw Chan K'awill III
Current headJasaw Chan K'awiil V
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Origins and history

The Ilok'tab Dynasty, is an Ajaxi royal house and one of the three clans that founded and ruled over the Kingdom of K'umarkaj in 875 CE, with the Numa K'iche and the Tamub Houses. As such, they were an important Nimja, "Great House", of the K'iche and its members had numerous roles in both the military and the civil administration of the kingdom.

The Ilok'tab were one of the three most important lineages in the K'iche Kingdom, alongside the Numa K'iche (not to be mistaken with the ethnies itself) and the Tamub'. The K'iche appears in history during the 9th century CE after their conquest of the Chujuyop Valley in south-east Mutul and the foundation of their first capital Xakalwitz. The Ilok'tab were then a powerful family of generals and warriors, with most of the highest-ranking officers of the Ajpop, the King, army being recruited from their ranks. The House itself was divided in multiple lineages, the most important of which were the Sik'a' and the Wamja.

After the conquest of the Mam Kingdom by the K'iche, it was offered to the Ilok'tab to become a vassal principality under the Ajpop's rule. The Mam heartland would remain the core possession of the Ilok'tab House until their rise to the Divine Throne, two centuries later. Achik' Nim Banik, Patriarch of the Ilok'tab during the early 11th century, was thus Mukwitz Tzik Winak (Count of Mukwitz), Mam Ajaw (Ruler of the Mam people), K'iche Alaxel (Prince of the K'iche), and Nakam Pop (General of the Mat or High-Marshal).

Achik' Nim Banik's first son, Ban Kache, inherited Mukwitz and rank as one of the Ajpop's Four Generals, ensuring him a comfortable position at the royal court. His second son, Nim Chamiy, inherited his prerogative as Mam Ajaw. In 1030, Ban Kache joined a revolt against the Ajpop, while his brother remained loyal to the king. After the victory of the loyalists and to reward him for his support, the Ajpop made Nim Chamiy, now patriarch of the Ilok'tab after his brother's death, his new High Marshal. an honor that would also be granted to his son K'ak Chamiy. They did not however, herited back the town of Mukwitz, probably by design as it allowed the Ilok'tab to focus entirely on their duties in the Mam Heartland.

The 8th of May 1094, K'ak Chamiy was present at the corronation of K'ukumatz as K'uhul Ajaw. Himself and his childrens inherited many titles and positions at the new court of the Nima K'iche Dynasty.

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