The abaQulusi or Qulusi are a zulu tribe from

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. They are based in the abaqulusi district,

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, that bears their name.

History

Origins

The aunt of King

Shaka Shaka kaSenzangakhona (–24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reform ...

, Mkabayi kaJama, created the tribe. When the king sent Mkabayi to ebaQuluseni, near the present

Vryheid Vryheid (/Abaqulusi) is a coal mining and cattle ranching town in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Vryheid is the Afrikaans word for "freedom", while its original name of Abaqulusi reflects the AbaQulusi (Zulu), abaQulusi clan based in the loc ...

and Hlobane, she founded the powerful abaQulusi tribe that played a big role in the coming wars.

Conflicts where the abaQulusi were involved

During the

Battle of Hlobane The Battle of Hlobane (28 March 1879) took place at Hlobane, near the modern town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War. Background The British commander Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Frederic Thesiger ...

and the

Battle of Kambula The Battle of Kambula took place on 29 March 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, when a Zulu Kingdom, Zulu military force attacked the British camp at Kambula, having routed the mounted element of the British force at the Battle of Hlobane the day ...

of the

Anglo-Zulu war The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two famous battles of the war were the Zulu victory at Battle of Isandlwana, Isandlwana and th ...

of 1879, the abaQulusi were commanded by the

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Msebe kaMadaka. During the Battle of Holkrans against the

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in 1902, the iNkosi Sikhobobho was in command.''The Battle of Holkrans

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Novels

* David Ebsworth, ''The Kraals of Ulundi'', Silverwood Books, 2014 * Philippe Morvan, ''Les fils du ciel'' (The sons of the sky),

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History

Origins

Conflicts where the abaQulusi were involved

Further reading

Novels