Tippu Tip
Swahili slave and ivory trader (c. 1832/7–1905)
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Lived 1837–1905, aged 68
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Updated 2026-06-21
Tippu Tip, or Tippu Tib, real name Ḥamad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jumʿah ibn Rajab ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al Murjabī, was an Arab Omani ivory and slave owner and trader, explorer, governor and plantation owner. He worked for a succession of sultans of Zanzibar and was the Sultan of Utetera, a short-lived state in Kasongo, Maniema in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo ruled by himself and his son Sefu.
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Stable55.1
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Momentum0.6
Historical22.3
Source confidence60.0
Completeness40.0
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