| Kimweri ya Nyumbai | |||||
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| Mwene (King) of Usambara, Tanga | |||||
| Reign | 1815 – 1862 | ||||
| Predecessor | Kinyashi Muanga Ike | ||||
| Successor | Shekulwavu[1] | ||||
| Born | c.1790s Bumbuli District | ||||
| Died | 1862 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Kilindi | ||||
| Father | Shebughe Kinyashi Muaga Ike | ||||
| Religion | Traditional African religions | ||||
Kimweri ya Nyumbai or Shekulwavu Kimweri ya Nyumabi (c. 1790s – 1862), also known as (Simbe Mwene), (Simbe Mwene Shekulwavu Kimweri ya Nyumbai in Shambaa), (Mfalme Kimweri, in Swahili) was the King of the Shambaa people of the Usambara Mountains in what is now Tanga Region of Tanzania between around 1815 and 1862. Under his rule the kingdom reached its greatest extent. However, disruptions caused by the introduction of firearms and the slave trade caused the kingdom to fall apart after his death.[a]
- ^ Cahoon 2000.
- ^ Feierman 1990, p. 74-75.
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