Gaza Empire

African empire existing between 1824–1895

thumb|300px|Ngungunhane when captured by the Portuguese colonial army in December, 1895 Ngungunyane, also known as Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, '''N'gungunhana, or Gungunhana Reinaldo Frederico Gungunhana''', (c. 1850 – 23 December 1906) was a king of the Gaza Empire and vassal of the Portuguese Empire, who rebelled, was defeated by General Joaquim Mouzinho de Albuquerque and lived out the rest of his life in exile, first in Lisbon, but later on the island of Terceira, in the Azores.

Mawewe, or Maueva, was king of the Gaza Empire in 1859.

King Mzila Nxumalo, Mzila kaSoshangane Nxumalo, Umzila, Muzila, or Nyamende was king of the Gaza Empire in 1861. He was the son of Soshangane kaZikode, the founder of the Gaza empire, which at the height of its power stretched from southern Mozambique to the Limpopo River. He defeated his brother Mawewe kaSoshangane in 1861 to ascend to the Gaza throne which he ruled from 1861 to 1885. He was father of King Ngungunyane Nxumalo Gungunhana|Ndungazwe who was deposed by the Portuguese invasion Portuguese Empire.