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Yichʼaak Bahlam
Ajaw
Dos Pilas Stela 16 detail.jpg
Stela 16 from Dos Pilas depicts the defeated king Yichʼaak Bʼalam.
King of Seibal
Reign c.735-c.750?
Religion Maya religion

Yichʼaak Bʼalam was a Maya king of Seibal.

Biography

In AD 735 Uchaʼan Kʼin Bʼalam - the fourth king of Dos Pilas kingdom - attacked Seibal, capturing Yichʼaak Bʼalam. The captive king was not executed but rather became a vassal of his more powerful neighbour. Yichʼaak Bʼalam is shown under the feet of Uchaʼan Kʼin Bʼalam on Aguateca Stela 2.

Yichʼaak Bʼalam continued as a vassal under the next king of Dos Pilas, Kʼawiil Chan Kʼinich, who presided over rituals at Seibal in 745 and 747.

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