Tok Casper was the first known

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of the petty

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kingdom of

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, in what is now south-eastern

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.Martin & Grube 2000, p.216-217 His name is a nickname, "Casper" being

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whose head shows a certain resemblance to the hieroglyph of unknown meaning that constitutes the second part of the king's Mayan name. "Tok Casper" took the throne in 426 AD and was installed by K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo', king of nearby

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. His successor was a Tutuum Yohl K'inich about whom nothing specific is known.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tok Casper Kings of Quiriguá 5th-century monarchs in North America