List of rulers of Mutapa

List of rulers of Kingdom of Mutapa

Territory located in present-day Zimbabwe.

Mwenemutapa = Lord of the Conquered Land. 

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
c.1430	Foundation of Mutapa Kingdom
1760	Mutapa collapses in civil war
c. 1430 to c. 1450	Nyatsimba Mutota, Mwenemutapa
c. 1450 to 1480	Matope Nyanhehwe Nebedza, Mwenemutapa
1480	Mavura Maobwe, Mwenemutapa
1480 to 1490	Nyahuma Mukombero, Mwenemutapa
1490 to 1494	Changamire, Mwenemutapa	mavhuramhande
1494 to c. 1530	Chikuyo Chisamarengu, Mwenemutapa
c. 1530 to c. 1550	Neshangwe Munembire, Mwenemutapa
c. 1550 to 1560	Chivere Nyasoro, Mwenemutapa
1560 to 1589	Negomo Chirisamhuru, Mwenemutapa	Granted Coat of Arms by King of Portugal
1589 to 1623	Gatsi Rusere, Mwenemutapa
1623 to 1629	Nyambu Kapararidze, Mwenemutapa	Overthrown by Portuguese
1629	Mutapa becomes a Portuguese Vassal
1629 to 1652	Mavura Mhande Felipe, Mwenemutapa	Signs treaty of Vassalage with Portuguese; Dies of accidental gunshot wound.
1652 to 1663	Siti Kazurukamusapa, Mwenemutapa	Son of Mavura; assassinated by Prazos merchants
1663	Mutapa becomes a Rozvi Vassal
1663 to 1692	Kamharapasu Mukombwe, Mwenemutapa	Allies with Rozvi and throws out Prazos
1692 to 1694	Nyakambira, Mwenemutapa	Assumes throne with Rozvi support; Rozwi vassal king of Manyika after 1694
1694	Mutapa returns to Portuguese vassalage
1694 to 1707	Nyamaende Mhande, Mwenemutapa	Defeats Nyakiambira with Portuguese support
1707 to 1711	Nyenyedzi Zenda, Mwenemutapa
1711 to 1712	Baroma Mugwagwa , Mwenemutapa	Overthrown and retreats to Chidima
1712	Mutapa returns to Rozvi vassalge
1712 to 1723	Samatambira Nyamhandu I, Mwenemutapa	Installed by Rozvi invasion
1720	Mutapa independent of Rozvi; moves capital to Chikova in 1723
1723 to 1735	Samatambira Nyamhandu I, Mwenemutapa	Rules in close alliance with Portuguese at Tete
1735 to 1740	Nyatsusu, Mwenemutapa
1740 to 1759	Dehwe Mapunzagutu, Mwenemutapa	Has Portuguese garrison reinstated at royal capital.
1760	Mutapa collapses in Civil War; dynasty survives in Chidima
1760	Mutapa collapses in Civil War; dynasty survives in Chidima
? to 1917	Mambo Cioko	Killed in battle with the Portuguese

Sources

• Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 395. ISBN 0-89950-390-X.