Zulu Kingdom
1816–1897 state in southern Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Zulu Kingdom (/ˈzuːluː/ ZOO-loo; Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa. During the 1810s, Shaka established a standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following which ruled a wide expanse of Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to the Pongola River in the north.
Kingdom of Zululand KwaZulu | |||||||||||||
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1816–1897 | |||||||||||||
Status | Protectorate of the United Kingdom 1887–1897 | ||||||||||||
Capital | kwaBulawayo; uMgungundlovu; Ulundi | ||||||||||||
Common languages | isiZulu | ||||||||||||
Religion | Zulu religion | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1816–1828 | Shaka | ||||||||||||
• 1828–1840 | Dingane | ||||||||||||
• 1840–1856 | Mpande | ||||||||||||
• 1856–1884 | Cetshwayo | ||||||||||||
• 1884–1887 | Dinuzulu | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Death of Dingiswayo | 1818 | ||||||||||||
• Accession of Shaka | 1816 | ||||||||||||
1818 | |||||||||||||
1820 | |||||||||||||
1838 | |||||||||||||
1879 | |||||||||||||
• British protectorate | 1887 | ||||||||||||
• to Natal | 1897 | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
1822[1] | 207,000 km2 (80,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1828 | 250,000 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Cattle | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | South Africa |
A bitter civil war in the mid-19th century erupted which culminated in the 1856 Battle of Ndondakusuka between the brothers Cetshwayo and Mbuyazi. In 1879, a British force invaded Zululand, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War. After an initial Zulu victory at the Battle of Isandlwana in January, the British regrouped and defeated the Zulus in July during the Battle of Ulundi, ending the war. The area was absorbed into the Colony of Natal and later became part of the Union of South Africa.