Kimweri

Name ID 1540

See also

Map and Guide to Tanzania
Page Number: 03g
Extract Date: 1840's

Lion King

Around the same period, [1840's] Kimweri of the Kilindi dynasty in Usambara was proclaimed Simba Mwene (Lion King) after his father Kinyashi's death. Having conquered most of the Pare Mountains, he ruled from his capital at Vugha over more than half a million people.

Extract ID: 3999
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