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- Mthethwa_Paramountcy abstract "The Mthethwa Paramountcy, sometimes referred to as the Mthethwa Empire, was a Southern African state that arose in the 18th century south of Delagoa Bay and inland in eastern southern Africa. "Mthethwa" means "the one who rules".History records tell us that the Mthethwapeople are part of the original Ngunicategory of a cluster of clans, whosemodern identity dates back some700 years. They are among theoriginal Nguni groups who left the Great Lakes in Central Africa between200AD and 1200AD. On arrival inSouthern Africa, they settled aroundmodern-day Swaziland, mainly on theLubombo Mountains, before leavingin the 17th century to settle in modern-day KwaZulu-Natal, in theNkandla region. It consisted of more than 30 Nguni tribes, and perhaps others. Unlike its successor, the Zulu Kingdom, the Mthethwa Paramountcy was a confederation of like tribes and clans. After Shaka Zulu became king, he forged a nearly homogeneous nation with a single king (nkosi).The Mthethwa Paramountcy was consolidated and extended under the rule of Dingiswayo. The chief entered into an alliance with the Tsonga to the north in the early 19th century and began trading with the Portuguese in Mozambique. About 1811, the Buthelezi and the other Zulu tribes, including that led by Senzangakona, were integrated into a sort of confederacy with the Mthethwa clan predominating. Dingiswayo was killed in a battle with the Ndwandwe in 1817. The Mthethwa Paramountcy was superseded by the Zulu Kingdom under Shaka, a former lieutenant in the Mthethwa army.Many military and administrativeinnovations, including the system ofage regiments (amabutho) that latercharacterized the Zulu kingdom, wereutilized by Mthethwa, although anolder theory that credits the Nyambose rulers of Mthethwa with theintroduction of amabutho is no longeraccepted because of evidence for thewidespread existence of amabuthogoing back into the 18th century andperhaps earlier. The Mthethwa were amongst the first Nguni tribes to use guns or isibhamu (-bhamu) depicting the sound the gun makes when fired. , reprinted in 1998 by Da Capo Press, Cambridge, ISBN 0-306-80866-8↑".
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- Mthethwa_Paramountcy subject Category:Former_monarchies_of_Africa.
- Mthethwa_Paramountcy subject Category:History_of_KwaZulu-Natal.
- Mthethwa_Paramountcy subject Category:States_and_territories_established_in_the_18th_century.
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- Mthethwa_Paramountcy comment "The Mthethwa Paramountcy, sometimes referred to as the Mthethwa Empire, was a Southern African state that arose in the 18th century south of Delagoa Bay and inland in eastern southern Africa. "Mthethwa" means "the one who rules".History records tell us that the Mthethwapeople are part of the original Ngunicategory of a cluster of clans, whosemodern identity dates back some700 years. They are among theoriginal Nguni groups who left the Great Lakes in Central Africa between200AD and 1200AD.".
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