Tanganyika Traditional Polities
Note: This is a selection from the very
large collection of traditional polities in Tanganyika. All these polities
that survived to Tanganyika independence were abolished, or
at least derecognized, when Tanganyika became a republic on 9 Dec
1962. This end date is not repeated for each of the listed entries.
Buddu (also known as Kivumbiro)
c.1890 Named Missenyi.
Rulers
.... - ....
Kakoko
.... - ....
Araki
.... - ....
Mtutura
.... - ....
Wonye
.... - ....
Rukika I
.... - ....
Kagoro
.... - ....
Nyamtura
.... - ....
Camkuma
.... - ....
Rukika II
Buhaya
(1) Bugabo
.... - 1860
Incorporated into Karagwe and then into Kyamutwara.
1942 Reverts to Kyamutwara.
Rulers (title Omukama)
.... - ....
Bunyonya
.... - ....
Kiteite
[last before incorporation into Karagwe]
1860 - 1895
Kahiyoza (Kayoza)
1895 - 1899
Rutahigwa
1899 - 1910
Rwakyendera
1910 - 1927
Rugacwa
1927 - 1937
Gabriel Rutalemwa
1937 - 1942 Lweikiza
(2) Bugando
Rulers
.... - ....
Rweyasiza
.... - 1867
Bucenera
1867 - 1905
Ruhasuka
1905 - 19..
Mutambukwa
(3) Buhindi
Rulers
.... - ....
Kiru
.... - ....
Kazweiguru
.... - ....
Mumuga
.... - ....
Mutahabuza
(4) Bukome
1907
Incorporated into East Ussuwi.
Rulers
.... - ....
Runyoma
.... - ....
Kyamazobya
.... - ....
Rwangaza
.... - 1907
Rwoga
(5) Buzinja
.... - ....
Incorporated into Karagwe during reign of Ruhinda
I.
1901
Split into Buzinja (Bukura) and Nyamutureza.
Rulers
.... - ....
Nshashamye
[last before incorporation into Karagwe]
.... - ....
Katovaha
.... - ....
Kabambo I
.... - ....
Kabura I
.... - ....
Nyamurahya
.... - ....
Kyendanzigo
.... - ....
Kinwa
.... - ....
Kabambo II
.... - ....
Kabura II Mugereza
.... - ....
Kakaraza
.... - ....
Kyamani Muhayabbi
.... - 1810
Waizigire Kyamuleka
1810 - 185.
Ruhinda II Muhangakyare
185. - 1864
Kiseiza Karigita
1864 - 1895
Rwoma
1895 - 1905
Rutakwa Rutasahurwa
1905 - 1908
Mutahembwa
1908 - 1916
Rugingiza + Baridi
1916 - 1921
Mlekwa
1921 - 1926
Geranja Kazindogo
1926 - 19..
Alexander Karumo
19.. - 19..
Rudomia Busambiro
(5-1) Nyamutureza
1901
Split from Buzinja.
Rulers
1901 - 1907
Murekwa
1907 - 19..
Gagogo
(6) Butundwe
Rulers
.... - ....
Kacumeye
.... - ....
Ruhimbura
1896? - 1907?
Mwanangwa
(7) Ihangiro
.... - ....
Incorporated into Karagwe during reign of Ruhinda
I and
then into Kyamutwara until reign of Kikuba.
Rulers (title Omugabe)
.... - ....
Nkombya
[last before incorporation into Karagwe]
.... - ....
Kayango
.... - ....
Ntare I
.... - ....
Muramira
.... - ....
Buto
.... - ....
Mugunda I
.... - ....
Nyarabamba I
.... - ....
Ruhinda III
.... - 1875
Ntare II
1875 - 1911
Rukanya III Nyarabamba 1911 - 1936
Ruhinda IV (d. 1936)
1936 - 1962 Petro Mugunda II
(8) Kimwani
1865
Split into Kimwani and Bwina.
Rulers
.... - 1865
Kyandika
1865 - 1899
Kadzuma
1899 - ....
Rwabunyengo
(8-1) Bwina
1865
Split from Kimwani.
Rulers
1865 - ....
Ruhimbura
1907?
Magala
(9) Kiyanja
Rulers (title Omukama)
.... - .... Matega Lulinga (first ruler)
.... - .... ....
.... - ....
Kinyonyi
.... - 1890
Muganguze Rugamora III Ibare
1890 - 1916
Mpinzire Kahigi II
1916 - 1943
Alfred Kalemera III (b. 1882 - d. 1943)
1943 - 1962 Petro
Nyarubamba II
(d. af.1984)
(10) Kiziba
Rulers (title Omukama)
.... - ....
Bike
.... - ....
Kiziba Kizindo
.... - ....
Ntumwa
.... - ....
Kanyamaishwa
.... - ....
Kibi I Nyakiiru Kaganda
.... - ....
Ishamura-Njobe "elya Kiziba, elingome"
.... - ....
Ishamura-Nyakabinga "elya Bunyoro"
.... - ....
Wanumi
.... - ....
Bwanamba
.... - ....
Matwi
.... - ....
Magembe I (1st time)
.... - ....
Kashumba
.... - ....
Magembe I (2nd time)
.... - ....
Muzinga
.... - ....
Mwigara
.... - ....
Burungu I
.... - ....
Magembe II
.... - ....
Mboneko I
.... - ....
Nyarwangu
.... - ....
Mulimpuzi -Regent
.... - ....
Ruhangarazi I
.... - ....
Rutajwaha
.... - ....
Burungu II Kakinda
.... - ....
Kibi II Rutahirwa
.... - 1870
Ruhangarazi II
1870 - 1903
Mutatembwa
1898 - 1900
Rweshabura (in rebellion)
1903 - 1916
Mutahangarwa Karutasigwa
1916 - 1927
Edward George Mboneko II
1927 - 1937
William Mutakubwa
1937 - 9 Dec 1962
Nestor Lutinwa
(11) Kyamutwara (I) (also called Bukara)
.... - ....
Incorporated into Karagwe during reign of Ruhinda
I.
1901 - 1916
Annexed by Kyamutwara (II).
Rulers (title Omukama)
.... - ....
Kashare Kanyango
.... - ....
Rusembo
[last before incorporation into Karagwe]
.... - ....
Bwogi I
.... - ....
Kikuba
.... - ....
Nyamigera
.... - ....
Kalemera I
.... - ....
Rukambyai Bwogi II
.... - ....
Mahe Rugamora I
.... - ....
Kasita Kahigi I
.... - ....
Nkwenge
.... - ....
Karumuna Rugamora II
.... - ....
Mpangukano Bwogi III
18.. - 1860?
Bwogi IV
1860? - 1894
Mwiru Kalemera II
1894 - 1901
Kishebuka
1901 - 1916 annexed by Kyamutwara (II)
1916 - 1962
David Rugamora III
(12) Kyamutwara (II)
Rulers (title Omukama)
c.1820 - c.1850
Kitekere
c.1850 - 1860 Regency
1860 - 1888
Kaitaba
1888 - 1895
Mukotani
1895 - 1901
Bwahama
1901 - 1916
Muntu
1916 - 1939
Edward Lwaijumba
1939 - 1962 Gabriel Rugabandana
(12-1) Kanyangereko (or Maraku)
c.1870
Split from Kyamutwara.
c.1901
Divided by the Germans between Kiyanja and Kyamutwara (II).
c.1916 Restored by the British.
Rulers
c.1870 - 18.. Kajurunga
18.. - c.1900
Bwogi III
c.1916 - 1962 Daudi Rugomora III
(13) Kome
Rulers
1840 - 18..
Rurinda
18.. - 1886
Kigazu
1886 - 1902
Itegura
1902 - 19..
Murindimura
Bukerewe (Kerewe)
Rulers (title Omukama)
.... - ....
Kihira
.... - ....
Katobaha I
.... - ....
Kaseza
.... - ....
Katobaha II
c.1710
Mihigo I
.... - ....
Kahana
.... - ....
Lutana Mumanya
.... - ....
Nago
.... - 1820
Mihigo II (d. 1820)
1820 - ....
Katobaha III
.... - ....
Golita
.... - ....
Ruhinda
.... - c.1835
Ibanda Kaseza (d. c.1835)
c.1835 - c.1869 Machunda (Macunda)
c.1869 - 1895 Lukonye (Rukonge)
1895 - 1907
Kahana Mukaka
1907 - 1938
Gabriel Kaseza Ruhumbika (d. 1938)
1938 - 1962 Michael
Lukumbuzya
(d. 1981)
Bungu (also called Wungu/Wawungu)
Rulers (title Mwene)
c.1750 - 1770 Mwachiluwi
c.1770 - c.1820 Nyawili II
c.1820 - c.1830 Njalaliko
c.1830 - 1857 Ilonga I
c.1857 - c.1873 Kilanga I bin Ilonga
c.1873 - c.1878 Zunda
(d. 1879)
c.1878 - .... Wangu III
.... - .... ....
.... - .... Kilanga II
.... - c.1951 ....
c.1951 - 1962 Karolo Ilonga II bin Sasawata
Heru
c.1750 Heru kingdom founded.
Rulers (title Mwami)
c.1750 - .... Ntale I (Mtware I)
.... - .... Ntare I
.... - .... ....
.... - .... ....
.... - 1855 Ntare II (or III)
1855 - 1871 Mtware III
18.. - c.1910 Luasa
Gwassa III
(d. c.1910)
c.1910 - c.1920 Gihinira Mtware IV
c.1920 - 1921 Luyagwa (usurper)
1921 - 1929 Kinyoni Makwaya
1929 - 1936 Joseph Gwassa IV
1936
- 1939 Gwassa V (f)
(d.
c.1939?)
1939 - 1962 Teresa Ntare III (or IV)(f)
Bunganda
1931 - 1939 Bunganda split from Heru.
Ruler (title Mwami)
1931 - 1939 Mtwale Biessa
(d. 1939)
Karagwe
c.1450
Karagwe founded by Ruhinda I; former name (under Basita
dynasty): Bunyambo.
Rulers (title Umugabe)
1645 - 1675 Ntare IV
1675 - 1700
Ruhinda V
1700 - 1725
Rusatira
1725 - 1750
Mehinga
1750 - 1775
Kalemera I Ntagara Bwiragenda (d. 1775)
1775 - 1795
Ntare V "Kiitabanyoro" 1795 - 1820
Ruhinda VI Orushongo "Lwanyabugondo" (b. 1777 - d. 1820) 1820 - 1853
Ndagara I "Luzingamcucu lwa nkwanzi"
1853 - 1881
Rumanyika I Rugundu
1882 - 1886
Ndagara II Nyamkuba
1886 - 1893
Kalemera II Kanyenje
1886 - 1893 Kakoko -Regent
1893 - 1914
Ntare VI
1914 - 1916
Kahigi -Regent
1916 - 1939
Daudi Rumanyika II (b. 1907 - d. ....)
1939 - 9 Dec 1962 B. Itogo
Ruhinda VII (b. 1912
- d. ....)
Shambalai (in Kiswahili:
Usambara)
Rulers (title Simbamwene)
.... - ....
Mbegha
.... - ....
Bughe
.... - ....
Maua
.... - 1815
Kinyangi Muanga Ike
1815 - 1862
Kimweri I ya Nyumbai
1862 - 1869
Shekulwavu
1869 - 1870
Kinyashi
1870
Kimweri II Maguvu
1870 - 1890
Mputa I (1st time)
1890
Semboja
1890 - 1895
Mputa I (2nd time)
1895 - 1903
Kinyashi (1st time)
1903 - 1926
Vacant
1926 - 1929
Kinyashi (2nd time)
1929
Billa Kimweri
1929 - 1947
Magogo
1947 - 2000
Mputa II
(b. 19.. - d. 2000)
2000 -
Daniel E. Magogo -Regent
Ubena
Rulers (title Mwa Mtema)
.... - ....
Wakinimanga
.... - ....
Kibugura
.... - ....
Luatu
.... - ....
Mpingi
.... - ....
Nguano
.... - 1860
Ndaliwali
1860 - 1863
Mzawira
1863 - 1884
Mtengera I
1884 - 1905
Kiwanga I (b. 1869 - d. 1905)
1905 - 1917
Salimbingo (b. 1894 - d. 1917)
1905 - 1914 .... -Regent
1917
Mnyaubena Kiwanga II (1st time) (b. 1889 - d. 1928) 1917 - 1918
Vacant
1918 - 1919
Mtengera II (b. c.1890 - d. 19..) 1919 - 1928
Mnyaubena Kiwanga II (2nd time) (s.a.)
1928 - 1962
Towegale Kiwanga III (b. c.1891 - d. 19..)
(regent to 29 Sep 1932)
Ufipa
....
Ufipa, also called Nkansi (original name Milansi),
founded by Twa dynasty.
c.1800
Split into Nkansi (Ufipa) and Lyangalile.
Rulers (title Aeene)
.... - ....
Ntatakwa
.... - .... Sulandasi
.... - ....
Ntaseka
[last ruler of Milansi]
Rulers (title Mweene)
.... - ....
Msili
.... - ....
Ndaasi
1780?
Ntinda I Mkolokombe
.... - ....
Suumba I Mwaana Nsia
.... - ....
Nandi I wa Kukutango
.... - ....
Ntinda II Kwasiganwa
.... - ....
Ncinga Cileengwi
.... - ....
Suumba II Kalonga "inkosi"
.... - 1860
Sangu Capitimpuunda
1860 - 1891
Nandi II Kapuufi (d. 1891)
1891
Suumba III
1891
Ntinda III Kiteta (1st time) (d. 1956)
1891 - 1916 Ntinda
IV Kilatu
(d. 1916)
1916 - 1931 Ngalu Cisicamfipa (f)
1931 - 1956 Ntinda III Kapere (2nd time) (s.a.)
1956 - 1962 Joseph Kapuufi II
Lyangalile
c.1800
Split from Ufipa.
Rulers (title Mweene)
1800?
Sangu
1840?
Nguwa Wapilinga (Mwaana Nyekenti)
18.. - 1879
Suumba Kasuumba (Pilula Fipa)
1879 - 1899
Yulamaasi
1899 - 1910 Saa (f)
1910 - 1962
Nti Kifata (f)
Uhehe
c.1898
Several polities (the principal being Nguluhe)
merge into the newly founded sultanate of Uhehe.
Nguluhe
Rulers (title Mtema)
.... - ....
Muyinga I
.... - ....
Muyinga II
.... - ....
Kitowa
.... - ....
Mudegela
(b. 1774 - d. 1848)
.... - ....
Kilonge
(b. 1791 - d. 1859)
.... - 1860
Ngawonalupembe
(b. 1812 - d. 1889)
1860 - 1879
Binini Munyingunda Muyinga
(b. 1815 - d. 1896)
1879 - 18..
Mhamile
18.. - 1883
Mukenga
1883 - 19 Jul 1898
Ntasatsi Mkavinyika (Mkwawa) (b. 1855
- d. 1898)
Ilole
Rulers (title Mtema)
.... - ....
Kahwanagise
.... - ....
mwa Ngimba
Lungemba
Ruler (title Mtema)
.... - ....
Kindole
Udongwe
Rulers (title Mtema)
.... - ....
Mihwela
.... - ....
Myovela
Usangu (Sangu)
Rulers (title Mtemi)
1834 - 1860 Mwahavanga
Merere I (d. 1860)
1860 - 1893 Tovelamahamba Merere II (d. 1893) 1893 - 1905 Mugandilwa Merere III (d. 1905)
1905 - 1937 Mtenjela Merere IV (d. 1937)
1937 - 1950 Mkanuwoga Merere V (d. 1950)
1950 - 1953 Chief Myotishuma -Regent
1953 - 1962 Alfeo Merere VI (b. c.1933 - d. af.1981)
Uhehe
Rulers (title Mtwa)
1860 - 1880 Munyigumba
(d. 1880)
1880 - 1896 Mkwawa
Mwamnyika (b.
1855 - d. 1896)
Ruler (title Sultani)
Dec 1896 - 21 Feb 1897 Mpangile
(b. 1857 - d. ....)
21 Feb 1897 - 1927
Vacant
Rulers (title Mtwa)
1927 - 1940 Sapi bin Mkwawa
(b. 1879 - d. 19..)
1940 - 9 Dec 1962
Adam Sapi Mkwawa
(b. 1920 - d. 1999)
Unyamwezi
Note: In the Unyamwezi region, the principal
polity was Unyanyembe; in 1871 a new polity (capital Tabora) was created,
covering most of Unyamwezi, largely by traders.
Unyanyembe
Rulers (title Ntemi)
.... - ....
Mpepo?
.... - ....
Mputa?
.... - ....
Katwanga?
.... - ....
Kabundi
.... - ....
Nsonso Nsemamilundi
.... - ....
Mgalula
.... - ....
Manywa
.... - ....
Swetu I
c.1843 - 1859
Saidi Fundikira I
1859 - 1860
Manywa Msabila Kimagulu (d. 1865)
1860 - 1876
Kiyungi Mkasiwa
1876 - 11 Jan 1893 Silanda Isike "Mwana Kiyungi" (d. 1893)
1893 - 1899
Bibi Nyaso
1917 - 1929
Saidi Mgalula Fundikira II
19.. - 19..
Ipuli
1957 - 9 Dec 1962
Abdallahi Saidi Fundikira III
"Unyamwezi"
Rulers
1871 - Dec 1884
Mirambo-ya-Banhu
Dec 1884 - 1888
Panda Caro
1888 - 1898
Katumagoto
1898 - ....
Kaswika
Ussuwi
East Ussuwi
1906 Named Rusubi.
Rulers (Omukama)
.... - ....
Ntare II Muhire
.... - ....
Rusimbya Rugaba
.... - ....
Isekanyere
1861?- 1873
Rweswarura Nyamuhanga
1873 - 1886
Mankorongo
1886 - 1928
Kasussura I 1928 - 1952
Ntare III
1952 - 1962 S.R. Kasussura II
West Ussuwi
Rulers
.... - ....
Magina I
.... - ....
Kinanaira I
.... - ....
Magina II
.... - ....
Kinanaira II
1850?
Kibogora
.... - ....
Kafurebe Nsoro
.... - 1906
Kinanaira III
Buhimba
....
Incorporated into East Ussuwi.
Rulers
.... - ....
Ruhagira
.... - ....
Rwakataki
[last before incorporation]
Chagga States
Paramount Chief (title Mangi Mkuu)
Jan 1952 - 1961 Thomas Lenana Marealle II (b. 1915 - d. 2007)
Keni
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - .... Ukoni
.... - 1800 Urio
(d. 1800)
c.1800 - 1842 Orombo
c.1842 - 18.. Mahunga
18.. - 1895 Ndesserua
(d. 1895)
1895 - 1945 Tengya
1949 - 1961 Wingia Ngach
Kibosho
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - .... Yansanya
.... - .... Orio
.... - .... Kimboka
.... - .... Irongo
.... - .... Iweri
c.1800 Kirenga
18.. - 18.. Kashenge
18.. - c.1863 Tatua
1863 - 18.. Ngaluma
1860's Lokila
18.. - 1870's Mamka (f)
1870's - 1897 Sina
1897 - 1900 Miolelia
(d. 1900)
1900 - 1911 Sianga
1911 - 1917 Malamya
1917 - 1946 Ngulisho
(d. 1962)
1946 - 1961 Alex
Kilema
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - .... Mremi
.... - .... Nyange
.... - .... Kombo
c.1790 Rongoma
.... - .... Teuwo
c.1848 Masaki
1861 - c.1880's Maambo
1880's - 1900 Fumba (1st time)
1900 - 1901 Mlanga
1901 - 1905 Fumba (2nd time)
c.1905 - 1925 Kirita
1925 - 1936 Joseph
1936 - 1946 Willibald
1946 - 1961 Aloisi
Kirua
Chiefs (title Mangi)
c.1760's Singila
.... - .... Mosha
.... - .... Kikare
.... - .... Marenga
.... - 1880's Kirumi
1880's - 1917 Kitingati
1917 - 1953 Mashingia
1953 - 1961 Balthasar
Machame
Chiefs (title Mangi) 16.. - c.1710 Ntemi
1710 - c.1740 Kombe I
1740 - c.1778 Kiwarya
1778 - c.1780 Interregnum
1780 - c.1800 Kombe II
1800 - c.1841 Rengua
1841
Samanya
1842 - c.1843 Interregnum
1843 - c.1855 Mamkinga
1855 - c.1880 Ndesserua
1880 - c.1883 Interregnum
1883 - 1890 Ngamini
1890 - 1901 Shangali
1890 - 1895 Nassua -Regent
1901 - 1917 Ngulelo
1917 - 1918 Joseph Merinyo (interim)
1918 - 1923 Shangali
1923 - 1951 Abdiel
1951 - 1961 Gilead
Mamba
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - .... Marawite
.... - .... Mafaluke
.... - .... Malamba
.... - .... Mashina (f)
.... - .... Mamba divided into several states
18.. - 1887 Mlawi
(d. 1887)
1887 - 1891 Malamya
(d.
af.1959)
1891 - .... Kuimbera
.... - .... Salengia
.... - .... Ukeleki
1860 - 18..
Rindi (1st time) (d. 1891)
1949 - 1961 Samuel Werya
Marangu
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - .... Tema I
.... - .... Wamba
.... - .... Lyimo
.... - .... Ngowi
.... - .... Tema II
.... - .... Ngarawiti
.... - .... Masanjuo
.... - .... Iwite
.... - ....
Kilewa
.... - .... Interregnum
.... - .... Ishosho
.... - .... Interregnum
.... - .... Itosi
c.1840 Interregnum
18.. - 18.. Salega
1840's - 1860's Ndalo
1860's Interregnum
18.. - 18.. Mwinjie (1st time)
18.. - 18.. Kinabo (1st time)
18.. - 18.. Mwinjie (2nd time)
18.. - 1880 Kinabo (2nd time)
1880 - 1912 Mareallie Ndegoruo
1912 - 1951 Mlanga
1951 - 1961 Augustine Marealle (f)
Mbokomu
Chiefs (title Mangi)
c.1830 - 1845 Masha
1845 - 18.. Lowiho
1845 - 18.. Kenja -Regent
18.. - 18.. Mrunge
18.. - 18.. Mdeo -Regent (2nd time)
18.. - 18.. Mlatie (1st time)
18.. - 18.. Mdeo -Regent (2nd time)
18.. - 18.. Vacant
18.. - 1900 Mlatie (2nd time)
1900 - 1917 Msami
1917 - 1936 Ngatunyi
1936 - 1938 Vacant
1938 - 1945 Philippo
(d.
af.1960)
1945 - 1961 Regency?
Mkku
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - .... Soya
.... - .... Kiriri
.... - .... Kimbarika
.... - .... Mature
c.1887 Kinabo
.... - .... Salengya
.... - 1961 George Salengya
Moshi
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - 1830 Sunsa
1830 - 1845 Ndetia
1845 - 1850's Salia
1860 - 18.. Rindi
(1st time) (d. 1891)
18.. - c.1870 Kitori
(d.
c.1870)
c.1870 - 1891 Rindi (2nd time) (s.a.)
1891 - 1900 Meli
(d. 1900)
1900 - 1917 Salema (1st time)
1917 Mkinde
c.1917 - c.1920 Salema (2nd time)
c.1920 - 1922 Sudi
1922 - 1946 Abraham
1946 - 1950 Petro -Regent
1946 - 1961 Thomas
Mwika
Chiefs (title Mangi)
.... - .... Orio
.... - .... Sunza I
.... - .... Sunza II
.... - .... Kyasimba
.... - .... Mchau
18.. - c.1882 Tengio
c.1882 - 1902 Mbararia
1902 - 1904 Ndemasi Solomon (1st time)
1904 - 1909 Mdawa
1909 - 1933 Ndemasi Solomon (2nd time)
1933 - 1961 Abdiel Solomon
Siha
Chiefs (title Mangi)
1900 - 1905 Sinare
1905 - 1920 Jacobus
1920 - 1927 Malamya
1927 - 1945 ....
1945 Gideon
1945 - 1961 John Gideon
Ussere
Chiefs (title Mangi)
c.1887 Malamya
18.. - 18.. Matolo
c.1899 Kisuma
.... - .... Salakana
.... - .... Ndemasi
.... - 1961 Alfred Salakana
Msimbati
1959
Self-proclaimed ('white') Sultanate of M'simbati.
1962 Supressed by Tanganyikan government.
Sultan
1959 - 1962 Latham
Leslie-Moore (b. 1893
- d. 1982)
Zanzibar Traditional Polities
Note: This record refers to the coastal
and insular polities that were incorporated into the Sultanate of Zanzibar;
the coastal territories were incorporated into the Tanganyika Protectorate
upon its establishment.
Kilwa Kisiwani
957
Sultanate of Kilwa Kisiwani founded.
1505 - 1512
Occupied by Portuguese
1597
Conquered by Portugal.
1680
Independence recovered.
1776 ash-Shirazi dynasty begins rule
1842
Conquered by Zanzibar.
Governors
24 Jul 1505 - 1509
Pero Fereira Fogaça
Mar 1505 - 1512
Francisco Pereira Pestana
Sultans (also styled Maliki)
.... - .... Yusuf
17.. - 17.. Ibrahim (III) ibn Yusuf
17.. - 1776 al-Hasan (VIII) ibn Ibrahim
1776 Sulayman (IX)
1776 - 1777 al-Hasan (IX) ibn Sulayman
1777 - 1797 al-Hasan (X) ibn Ibrahim
1797 - 1813 Abu Bakr ibn al-Hasan
1813?
Yusuf ibn al-Hasan
1819?
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan
1819?
Sulayman ibn al-Hasan
1822? - 1842
al-Hasan
Hadimu
c.1650
Hadimu Island state established.
1771
Conquered by Muscat and Oman, retaining its rulers under
Omani and later Zanzibari sovereignty.
1873
Rulership extinct.
Rulers (title Mfalume, also styled Jumbe)
1771 - ....
Mwinyi Ahmad ibn Sultan al-`Alawi
.... - 1845
Mwinyi al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-`Alawi
1845 - 1865
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-`Alawi
(regent, styled Mwinyi Mkuu)
1865 - 1873
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-`Alawi
(regent, styled Mwinyi Mkuu)
Tumbatu
18..
Tumbatu Island state established.
1856
Conquered by Zanzibar.
Rulers (title Sheha [i.e., Sheikh])
18..?
Mwana wa Mwana (f)
18.. - 18..
`Ali ibn al-Hasan
18.. - 18..
Fatima bint `Ali (f)
18.. - 18..
... ibn `Ali
18.. - 18..
Kombo ibn `Ali
18.. - 18..
Vuai ibn Mukaddam
18.. - 18..
Ngwale ibn Kombo
18.. - 18..
Mwana Khadija bint Ngwale (f)
18.. - 1856
`Ali ibn Ngwale
Pemba
bf.1550
Pemba Island state established.
1506 - 1510
Conquered by Portugal.
1525 - 1606
Conquered by Portugal.
1606
Conquered by Malindi.
16.. - Dec 1698
Conquered by Portugal.
Dec 1698
Conquered by Muscat and Oman.
c.1750
Rulers (diwani) established under Omani,
then from 1822 Zanzibari, sovereignty.
c.1865
Rulership extinct.
Rulers (title Diwani)
169. - Dec 1698 Fatuma (f)(1st time)
1711 - 17.. Fatuma (f)(2nd time)
17.. - ... Hassan
.... - .... ....
.... - ....
Makame ibn Abi Bakr ibn Salim
.... - ....
Ngwacani
.... - ....
Athmani
.... - ....
Ibrahim
.... - 186.
Kihanuni
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