Mtetwa Mthethwa Paramountcy | |||||||||
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| c. 1780–1817 | |||||||||
  Ndwandwe  Mthethwa Locations of the Mthethwa Paramountcy, and the rival Ndwandwe clan on a map of present-day KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |||||||||
| Official languages | Nguni | ||||||||
| Government | Confederation | ||||||||
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• c. 1780–1806 | Jobe kaKhayi | ||||||||
• 1806–1817 | Dingiswayo | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | c. 1780 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1817 | ||||||||
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| Historical states in present-day South Africa |
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The Mthethwa Paramountcy, sometimes referred to as the Mtetwa or Mthethwa Empire, was a Southern African state that arose in the 18th century south of Delagoa Bay and inland in eastern southern Africa. "Mthethwa" means "the one who rules".