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Kimweri ye Nyumbai

d. 1862 · 19th century

Kimweri ye Nyumbai was king of the Shambaa in the Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania during the first half of the 19th century. Under him the Kilindi kingdom reached its greatest extent, ruling the mountains through sons placed as chiefs and receiving tribute from the coastal plains. He received the missionaries Krapf and Erhardt at his capital, Vugha.

Kimweri ye Nyumbai — Image: Kmusser lightly adapted by Aymatth2 (to identify Usambara Mountains). Elevation data from SRTM, all other features from Natural Earth. … · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Shambaa Kingdom

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kimweri ye Nyumbai. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kimweri-ye-nyumbai
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