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117: 44: 274: 51: 204:. 1860 saw this struggle escalate to the point that Mnywasela was driven from power and Mkasiwa made the new ruler. The next four years saw persistent fighting as Mnywasela tried to regain power, but Mksaiwa was able to retain his power. In 1875 Mkasiwa was succeeded as king by Isike. 188:
One of the most prominent Arabs, Mohammad ibn Juma, married one of Ifundikila's daughters. However it needs to be kept in mind that the Arabs and Swahili's were a foreign commercial class, they did not exercise political control in the kingdom.
185:. According to descriptions left by Sir Richard Burton this population had large gardens, large numbers of slaves and concubines, and in some cases controlled private armies sometimes numbering up to 300 people. 215:, had extended his power to control the main routes of trade between Unyanyembe and the Swahili coast, and both the Arab-Swahili merchants and the Nyamwezi objected to his transit fees. During this war the 181:(reigned 1840–1858) was a king of Unyanyembe who oversaw major cooperation with a large Arab-Swahili commercial class in his kingdom. The two main bases of this population were Tabora and 222:
Unyanyembe also had a large population of the Tutsi in the 19th century. Although they came primarily as herdsmen, many were recruited into the army for the war against Urambo
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the Sultan of Zanzibar sent a force of 3,000 to fight on the side of Unanyembe. Prior to the war he had also appointed a consul of Zanzibar to be based in Tabora.
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from the kingdom. After a few years the people of Unyanyembe tried of Mnywasela's rule, and a faction worked to return Mkasiwa from his exile in the Kingdom of
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Unyanyembe was a 19th-century kingdom where the main ethnic group was known as the Nyamwezi, although many other ethnic groups were present as well.
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was there in 1872, and borrowed a pocket chronometer, witness the document at the right.)
8: 140: 164: 125: 148: 156: 144: 303: 278: 90: 77: 159:. In the 19th-century it was the headquarters of a kingdom that controlled 121: 277: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 136: 273: 128:, Consul Inner Africa, Unyanyembe, February 1872. Zanzibar Museum. 212: 208: 160: 207:
From 1871 to 1884 Unyanyembe was involved in a war with
301: 211:. This was fought because Urambo's ruler, 151:. It was one of the locations visited by 170: 115: 296:. London and New York: Frederick Warne. 302: 310:Populated places in Shinyanga Region 282: 13: 50: 14: 326: 232:Vicariate Apostolic of Unyanyembe 272: 192:The next king of Unyanyembe was 49: 42: 251:Dictionary of African Biography 256: 244: 1: 237: 7: 263:Cambridge History of Africa 225: 10: 331: 315:Former countries in Africa 163:as well as other areas. ( 106: 71: 37: 28: 21: 293:The Nuttall Encyclopædia 155:during his search for 129: 63:Location of Unyanyembe 265:, Vol. 5, pp. 306–309 171:Kingdom of Unyanyembe 119: 153:Henry Morton Stanley 87: /  141:German East Africa 130: 165:David Livingstone 126:David Livingstone 114: 113: 322: 297: 276: 266: 260: 254: 248: 149:Shinyanga Region 124:loan receipt by 102: 101: 99: 98: 97: 92: 91:3.600°S 33.750°E 88: 85: 84: 83: 80: 53: 52: 46: 19: 18: 16:City in Tanzania 330: 329: 325: 324: 323: 321: 320: 319: 300: 299: 286:, ed. (1907). " 270: 269: 261: 257: 249: 245: 240: 228: 173: 95: 93: 89: 86: 81: 78: 76: 74: 73: 67: 66: 65: 64: 61: 60: 59: 58: 54: 33: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 328: 318: 317: 312: 268: 267: 255: 242: 241: 239: 236: 235: 234: 227: 224: 172: 169: 157:Dr Livingstone 145:Mwadui Airport 112: 111: 108: 104: 103: 96:-3.600; 33.750 69: 68: 62: 56: 55: 48: 47: 41: 40: 39: 38: 35: 34: 29: 26: 25: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 327: 316: 313: 311: 308: 307: 305: 298: 295: 294: 289: 285: 280: 279:public domain 275: 264: 259: 252: 247: 243: 233: 230: 229: 223: 220: 218: 214: 210: 205: 203: 199: 195: 190: 186: 184: 180: 176: 168: 166: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 135:is a town in 134: 127: 123: 118: 109: 105: 100: 72:Coordinates: 70: 45: 36: 32: 27: 20: 291: 271: 262: 258: 250: 246: 221: 206: 191: 187: 177: 174: 132: 131: 284:Wood, James 122:chronometer 94: / 304:Categories 288:Unyanyembe 238:References 202:Ulyankhulu 179:Ifundikila 139:(formerly 133:Unyanyembe 57:Unyanyembe 23:Unyanyembe 194:Mnywasela 253:, p. 225 226:See also 217:Barghash 137:Tanzania 110:Tanzania 281::  213:Mirambo 198:Mkasiwa 183:Kwihara 143:) near 120:Pocket 107:Country 82:33°45′E 209:Urambo 161:Tabora 79:3°36′S 31:City 290:". 147:in 306::

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City
Unyanyembe is located in Tanzania
3°36′S 33°45′E / 3.600°S 33.750°E / -3.600; 33.750

chronometer
David Livingstone
Tanzania
German East Africa
Mwadui Airport
Shinyanga Region
Henry Morton Stanley
Dr Livingstone
Tabora
David Livingstone
Ifundikila
Kwihara
Mnywasela
Mkasiwa
Ulyankhulu
Urambo
Mirambo
Barghash
Vicariate Apostolic of Unyanyembe

public domain
Wood, James
Unyanyembe
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Categories
Populated places in Shinyanga Region

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