Dinuzulu

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Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo
Dinuzulu in military uniform, South Africa, ca.1888-1914
Monarch of the Zulu Kingdom
Reign	20 May 1884 – 18 October 1914
Born	c. 1868
Died	18 October 1914 Transvaal, South Africa
Burial	KwaNobamba, South Africa
Spouse	None
Issue	Solomon kaDinuzulu Magogo kaDinuzulu

Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (c. 1868 – 18 October 1914,^[1] commonly misspelled Dinizulu) was the king of the Zulu nation from 20 May 1884 until his death in 1914. He succeeded his father Cetshwayo, who was the last king of the Zulus to be officially recognised as such by the British. Zululand had been broken up into thirteen smaller territories by the British government after the Anglo-Zulu War, and Cetshwayo, and subsequently Dinuzulu, administered one of them. The British later realized the futility of breaking up Zululand into the territories and restored Cetshwayo as paramount leader of the territories. However, they left one of Cetshwayo's relatives, Usibepu (Zibhebhu), alone with his lands intact. On 22 July 1883, Usibepu attacked Cetshwayo's new kraal in Ulundi, wounding the king and causing him to flee.