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At a relatively young age, Tippu Tip led a group of about 100 men into
Central Africa seeking slaves and ivory. After plundering several large swathes of land, he returned to Zanzibar to consolidate his resources and recruit for his forces. Following this he returned to mainland Africa.
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For two months Tippu Tip's caravan camped in Chungu's territory and punitive parties were sent out looking for Samu and his men. According to Tippu Tip this was the time he was given his nick-name because guns went 'tiptip, in a manner too terrible to listen
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changed sides from Sefu's to his. The better armed and organised
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who had taken part in earlier slave-trading expeditions to the interior. His paternal great-grandmother, wife of Rajab bin
Mohammed bin Said el Murgebi, was the daughter of Juma bin Mohammed el Nebhani, a member of a respected Muscat
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When Tippu Tip left the Congo, the authority of King
Leopold's Free State was still very weak in the Eastern parts of the territory and the power lay largely with local Arabic or Swahili strongmen. Amongst these were Tippu Tip's son
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reported that, when he left for his twelve years of "empire building" on the mainland, he had no plantations of his own. By 1895, he had acquired "seven 'shambas' and 10,000 slaves".
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Mohammed el Murjebi yaani Tippu Tip kwa maneno yake mwenyewe, kimefasiriwa na W.H. Whitely (toleo la Kiswahili - Kiingereza), East Africa Literature Bureau 1974
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After returning to
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agreed and on
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Based on descriptions of his age at different points in his life, it is believed that Tippu Tip was born around 1832 in
Zanzibar. Tippu Tip's mother, Bint Habib bin Bushir, was a
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to assure him of his "good intentions". Although he was still a force in
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broke out. Both sides fought with armies consisting mostly of local African soldiers fighting under the command of either Arab or European leaders.
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attacked Belgian ivory traders, who were seen as a threat to the Arab-Swahili trade. The Free State government sent a force under commander
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region and thus becoming the best-known slave trader in Africa, supplying much of the world with enslaved Africans.
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