Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I,The ruler's name, when transcribed is a-ku-AL MOʼNA꞉B, translated "Turtle Macaw Lake?". also known as Chaacal and Akul Anab I, (July 5, 465 – November 29, 524), was an

ajaw Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya political title attested from epigraphy, epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼatu ...

of the

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

city of

Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamha ("big water" or "big waters"), was a Maya city-state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD ...

. He ruled from June 5, 501 AD to his death.These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, Born: 9.1.10.0.0 5 Ajaw 3 Sek, Acceded: 9.3.6.7.17 5 Kaban 0 Sotzʼ and Died: 9.4.10.4.17 5 Kaban 5 Mak.

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Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I is the earliest recorded ruler of Palenque whose exact dates of birth, accession and death have been verified. He was possibly the younger brother of his immediate predecessor,

Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik,The ruler's name, when transcribed is bu-tzʼa-ja-SAK-chi u'', translated "Smoking White/Resplendent Coati?". also known as Manik, (November 15, 459 – 501?), was an ''ajaw'' of the Maya city of Palenque Palenque (; Yucate ...

. For unknown reasons Ahkal Moʼ Nahbʼ is mentioned several times in official narratives left by Pacal the Great, who ruled Palenque a century later. It is believed Pacal considered Ahkal Moʼ Naabʼ I a particularly important historical figure or his ancestor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nahb, Ahkal Mo, I 465 births 524 deaths Monarchs of Palenque 6th-century monarchs in North America 6th-century Maya people