Kingdom of Ngoni Mzimba | |||||||||||||
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1815–present[1] | |||||||||||||
![]() Location of the Ngoni Kingdom, c. 1815 (red) (borders in flux) | |||||||||||||
Status | Protectorate of the United Kingdom 1857–1891 | ||||||||||||
Capital | Mzimba; Ekwendeni; Euthini | ||||||||||||
Common languages | |||||||||||||
Religion | Ngoni religion | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1815–1848 | Zwangendaba Hlatshwayo | ||||||||||||
• 1857 | Gwaza Jele | ||||||||||||
• 1857–1891 | M'mbelwa I | ||||||||||||
• 1896–1915 | Cimtunga | ||||||||||||
• 1928–1959 | M'mbelwa II | ||||||||||||
• 1959–1983 | M'mbelwa III | ||||||||||||
• 1984–2013 | M'mbelwa IV | ||||||||||||
• 2013–present | M'mbelwa V | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Death of Inkosi ya Makosi Zwangendaba Hlatshwayo | 1815 | ||||||||||||
• Accession of Inkosi ya Makosi Gwaza Jele | 1815 | ||||||||||||
• Battle of Ilwani Atonga | 1857 | ||||||||||||
• Ngoni–Tumbuka Battle | 1891 | ||||||||||||
• Battle of Vituzu | 1896 | ||||||||||||
• Tumbuka–Ngoni War | 1897 | ||||||||||||
• British protectorate | 1915 | ||||||||||||
• to Ekwendeni | present[1] | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
1815 | 25,900 km2 (10,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1848 | 110,000 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Cattle | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Malawi |
The Ngoni Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Ngoni Empire or the Kingdom of Ngoni, is a monarchy[2][3] in Southern Africa[4] that started in 1815 when some of the Nguni of South Africa broke away from the Zulu Kingdom[1] and escaped to Malawi.[5][6][7][8][4]