Dabulamanzi kaMpande

Dabulamanzi kaMpande
Depiction of Dabulamanzi from the Illustrated London News
Bornc. 1839
DiedSeptember 22, 1886 (aged 46–47)
AllegianceZulu Kingdom
RankCommander of the Undi corps
Battles/warsAnglo-Zulu War
ChildrenPrince Bangani KaDabulamanzi

Dabulamanzi kaMpande (c. 1839 – September 22, 1886) was a Zulu commander for the Zulu kingdom in the Anglo-Zulu War. He is most noted for having commanded the Zulus at the Battle of Rorke's Drift. He was a half-brother of the Zulu king Cetshwayo.

After the defeat of the Zulus, and the deposition of Cetshwayo, Dabulamanzi campaigned for the return of his brother to power. When Cetshwayo was restored in 1883, Dabulamanzi fought on his behalf to maintain the unity of the Zulu kingdom. Dabulamanzi means, ‘the one who conquers the waters’.[1]

  1. ^ FitzPatrick, James Percy (1907). Jock of the Bushveld. Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 22.

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