• Batab, which is Mayan for 'Local village chief, chieftain' (plural: batabo'ob), was the name given to the chief of a town or village called batabil (plural:...
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    Ah Kom Pech, seated in Xulcumcheel, Nakuk Pech, the batab of Chicxulub Pueblo. Ah Makam Pech, batab of Yaxkukul, and other relatives played leadership...
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    convince the Batab (Municipal leaders) to swear allegiance to the crown of Spain. On October 4, The Spaniards invaded Campeche. Betrayed by the Batab, the city...
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    love. Sac Nicté was destined, by prearranged marriage, to marry Ah Ulil, Batab of Izamal. Canek and Sac Nicté slept together, later Canek stayed awake...
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    Jacinto Pat (1797 − September 8, 1849) was a Maya leader and batab best known for helping lead the rebels in the Caste War of Yucatán. According to the...
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    firing squad, the riot became a general uprising. It was led by Jacinto Pat, batab of Tihosuco and by Cecilio Chi of nearby Ichmul. The city and the surrounding...
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  • the kuchkabal. They usually designated their family members as heads or batab of the batalib (municipalities) that formed the kuchkabal. These batabob...
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    Cecilio Chi (c. 1820 – December 13, 1848) was a Mayan indigenous batab, born in the town of Tepich, formerly Yucatán, currently Quintana Roo in Mexico...
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    Chetumal, while Gerónimo de Aguilar, his crew-mate, remained a slave of the batab or mayor of Xamanha. While in Chetumal, Guerrero is thought to have demonstrated...
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    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...
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    military chain of command, and were written in the wake of the death of the Batab of Chichimilla, Antonio Manuel Ay, on August 26, 1847 (6 Kaban, 5 Xul)....
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    leader and revolutionary, and chief of the village of Chichimilá. Ay was the batab of Chichimilá. He would often help indigenous villagers with legal matters...
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    the Halach Uinik, the ajaw or lord of each geopolitical unit, known as a batab. Although the Maya had projectile technology, such as the atlatl and spear...
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    Vallodolid at the Culumpich, a property owned by Jacinto Pat, the Maya batab (leader). Fearing revolt, Méndez arrested Manuel Antonio Ay, the principal...
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    in Mérida at the time, the governor send them to Tipu with advice to the batab and principal inhabitants regarding the grave consequences of such rebellion...
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  • Guatemala. Sacalum Rebellion (1624) New Spain Maya rebel forces lidered by the Batab Ah Kin Pol Victory Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Capura of Fort Rocher...
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    region's salt trade since this material came from Chuburná and Sisal. Caucel's batab, named Ah Kin Euán, was so open to the Spanish from the outset of the conquest...
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    in turn were governed by officials called batab, who were usually relatives of the halach uinik. Each batab was the military leader of its population...
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    turn were governed by officials called " Batab "who were usually relatives of the Halach Uinik. Each Batab, was the military leader of its population...
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    deems a cordial, even admiring, welcome likely, with residents and the batab coming up to shore to witness the fleet's entry, and the Spanish seizing...
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  • had gathered at the Culumpich, a property owned by Jacinto Pat, the Maya batab (leader), near Valladolid. Fearing a revolt, Méndez arrested Manuel Antonio...
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    was ruled over by a leader called a Batab. In Ekab the Batabs were supposed to have equal power, but the Batabs on Cozumel had much more power than the...
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    acted as privy counsellors, being 'consulted on provincial affairs.' The batab, 'mayor,' present in all provinces, exercised executive, judicial, and military...
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    military service in Chetumal. He was likely gifted to Gov. Kan as a slave by a batab or mayor from the Ekab Province. By 1519, Guerrero had fully assimilated...
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    had gathered at the Culumpich, a property owned by Jacinto Pat, the Maya batab (leader), near Valladolid. Fearing revolt, Mendez arrested Manuel Antonio...
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  • nacoms were only chief strategists, and the troops were led into battle by batabs, or officers. In a large war, even commoners who did not have weapons would...
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  • the Treaty of Tzucacab was signed in the town between Jacinto Pat, a Maya batab, and Miguel Barbachano, the political leader of Yucatán at the time. This...
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    conquest became part of the encomienda system. During the conquest, the batab (chief), Ah-Op-Pech, was baptized and took the name Ambrosio Pech, simultaneously...
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    municipalities called batalib (plural batalibob) each Batalib was ruled by a batab (batabob plural). The ruler of a Kuchkabal was called a Halach Uinik which...
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    Pedro Bank, southwest of Jamaica, and thereafter impressed or enslaved by a batab or mayor of the Ekab Province. Hispano-Mayan hostilities broke out on 5...
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