# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mzila
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:33:26.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mzila"
name: "Mzila"
slug: "mzila"
description: "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."
tagline: "Monarch of Gaza empire"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1825"
deathDate: "1884"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.83
  momentum:             7.362940926476838
  historical:           4.813104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzila"
    title: "Mzila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzila"
    title: "Mzila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzila"
    title: "Muzila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzila"
    title: "Mzila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B0_(%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96)"
    title: "Мзіла (інкосі)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6949475"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations