Ntare IV of Nkore

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Ntare IV
Omugabe of Nkore
ReignLate precolonial period
PredecessorMirindi
Successor Macwa
Dynasty Bahinda dynasty

Ntare IV of Nkore (died 1727), sometimes referred to as Ntare IV Nyakikoto Kitabanyoro, was the Omugabe of Nkore, a historic state located in what is now Uganda, from 1699 to 1727. [1] The term "Omugabe" is translated in various ways but is most commonly equated to "king". [2]

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He ruled during the late precolonial period and is attested primarily through oral traditions, royal genealogies, and later historical reconstructions rather than contemporary written records. [3] [4]

The famous Ntare School in Mbarara has been named after this Omugabe. [5]

Background

The Kingdom of Nkore was one of the major Great Lakes kingdoms of East Africa, developing a centralized political system by the second millennium CE. [6] It was governed by a hereditary monarch known as the Omugabe, whose authority combined political, military, and ritual roles. [7] Royal succession was traditionally associated with the Bahinda dynasty, which provided most of Nkore’s rulers. [3]

The regnal name Ntare was borne by several kings of Nkore, and numerical distinctions are used by modern historians to differentiate them. [4] Ntare IV belonged to this dynastic tradition during a period when Nkore’s institutions were already well established, particularly its cattle-based economy and system of appointed chiefs. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 201. ISBN   0-89950-390-X.
  2. ↑ Vansina, Jan (1973). Karugire, S. R. (ed.). "The History of Nkore". The Journal of African History. 14 (1): 139–141. ISSN   0021-8537.
  3. 1 2 Karugire, Samwiri Rubaraza (1980). A Political History of Uganda. Heinemann. ISBN   978 9970 02 970 9.
  4. 1 2 Kairu, Peter (1976). "Kingship and State Formation in Nkore". Uganda Journal. 40.
  5. ↑ "The Kings of Ankole". KITARA FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  6. ↑ Ehret, Christopher (2002). The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. University Press of Virginia. ISBN   9780813928807.
  7. 1 2 Schoenbrun, David L. (1998). A Green Place, A Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century. Heinemann. ISBN   978-0325000404.
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