Global InformationMuzul Territory information
Territory of the Muzul Maya | |
|---|---|
| ca 15th cent–1756 | |
 Map of the Muzul Territory in the late 16th century / in central Belize / 2023 map per Jones 1977 and Jones 1989 / via Commons | |
| Status | Dissolved |
| Capital | Zaui / likely |
| Common languages | Mopan Mayan / likely |
| Religion | Maya polytheism |
| Government | Confederacy of settlements with aristocratic and theocratic features / likely |
| Leader | |
• ca 1677 | Juan Muzul / last known |
| Historical era | Postclassic to Precolonial / likely |
• Established | ca 15th cent |
• Disestablished | 1756 |
| Today part of | Belize |
Common language per Jones 1998, pp. 21, 168–169, 175, 408, 556, though see Jones 1989, p. 267 for dissent. Capital per Jones 1989, p. 267. Leader per Jones 1989, p. 267. Map per Jones 1977, pp. 5–7 and Jones 1989, p. 39, though see Thompson 1988, pp. 17, 21 for dissent. Founding date per Jones 1977, pp. xvi, 67–68. Dissolution date per Schwartz 1990, p. 300. Form of government per von Houwald 1984, p. 263 and Jones 1989, p. 267. | |
The Musul or Muzul Territory is thought to have been a Postclassic polity of the former Maya Lowlands, in present-day Belize. Little is currently known of the Territory, though it is presumed to have been subordinate to or formed part of the Dzuluinicob Province or the Mopan Territory.