Ah Canul

Ah Canul was a Maya polity in northwestern Yucatán, later ruled from Calkiní by the Canul lineage. The Canul were foreign guards, perhaps from Tabasco, employed by the Cocom of Mayapan against the Xiu.

In 1443 eight lords met beneath a ceiba tree at Calkiní and founded their polity, first choosing Ah Tzab Canul as ruler. After his death the eight governed as a senate. Calkiní's men resisted Francisco de Montejo's nephew, but the Spanish took the town and its neighbours in 1541.