Ngalami | |||||
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Mangi of Siha (Kibongoto), Kilimanjaro | |||||
Reign | c.1880s – 02 March 1900 | ||||
Predecessor | Siaya of Siha | ||||
Successor | Sinare of Siha | ||||
Born | c.1865 Siha District, Kilimanjaro Region | ||||
Died | Moshi District, Kilimanjaro Region. | March 2, 1900||||
Burial | Unknown Unburied, his remains never found | ||||
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Dynasty | Mmari | ||||
Religion | Traditional African religions |
Ngalami or Ngalami Mmari (c. 1865 – 2 March 1900), also known as (Mangi Ngalami of Siha), (Mangi Ngalami in Kichagga), (Mfalme Ngalami, in Swahili) was one of many kings of the Chagga. He was the king of one of the Chagga states, namely; the Siha Kingdom in what is now modern Siha District of Tanzania's Kilimanjaro Region from the 1880s to 1900. Mangi means king in Kichagga.[1][2] Ngalami ruled from the Siha seat of Komboko (Kibong'oto) in the 1880s to 1900 when he was executed in Moshi by the Germans alongside 19 other Chagga, Meru and Arusha leaders. The execution of 19 noblemen and leaders on Friday 2nd of March 1900, included noblemen Thomas Kitimbo Kirenga, Sindato Kiutesha Kiwelu, King Meli of Moshi, King Lolbulu of Meru, King Rawaito of Arusha, King Marai of Arusha, and King Molelia of Kibosho.[3][4][5]