Tributary network · approximate1838 – 1894 · 56 years

Ndebele Kingdom

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

Mthwakazi is the traditional name of the Northern Ndebele people and their kingdom in what is now Matebeleland, Zimbabwe. The kingdom was located between the Sanyati and Limpopo rivers. Additionally, Mthwakazi is widely used to refer to inhabitants of Matebeleland Province in Zimbabwe.

Wikipedia: Mthwakazi·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Tributary network

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps
SNAPSHOT1880
POLITY TYPEtributary

Wars of this empire3

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

First Matabele War1893–94
Major conflict
Battle of Bembesi1893
Regional
Shangani Patrol1893
Regional

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1838 and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Ndebele Kingdom (1838 – 1894). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-ndebele-kingdom · Sources & methodology