Ilok'tab Dynasty
| 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 house | Ilok'tab |
| Country |  Mutul |
| Founded | AD 1205 |
| Founder | Jasaw Chan K'awill III |
| Current head | Jasaw 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, with the Numa and the Tamub. As such, they were an important Nimja, "Great House", of the K'iche and its members had numerous roles, in the military or the administration of the kingdom.
The Ilok'tab were one of the three most important lineages in the K'iche Kingdom, alongside the K'iche (not to be mistaken with the ethnies itself) and the Tamub'. The K'iche appears in history during the 10th 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.