Hintsa ka Khawuta (1780 – 12 May 1835), also known as Great or King Hintsa, was the king of the Xhosa Kingdom, founded by his great ancestor, King Tshawe. He ruled from 1820 until his death in 1835. The Xhosa Kingdom, at its peak, during his reign stretched from Mbhashe River, south of Mthatha to the Gamtoos River, (Xelexwa in isiXhosa) in the Southern Cape.
Hintsa led one of the most powerful kingdoms (AmaXhosa) in the Southern Africa at the time, and would eventually come into war with the British Empire and colonial expansion in Southern Africa for a period of 100 years over the generations.
The Xhosa Kingdom is led by two houses, the Gcaleka House (Great House or the Senior House) which is the ruling house, and the Rharhabe House (right-hand house) which is the second senior house.
Tributary states during Hintsa's time were:
AbaThembu under King Ngubengcuka,
AmaMpondo under King Faku,
AmaBomvana under Senior Chief Gambushe,
AmaBhaca under King Madzikane and
AmaMpondomise under King Matiwane.
Although Xhosa by ethnicity, AmaMpondo, AbaThembu were autonomous tributary states to the Xhosa Kingdom.
In his reign as king he had 11 sub-chieftaincies, and the Thembu, Mpondo, Bhaca kingdoms as tributaries.[original research?]
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