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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Dladla

This name is also recorded in isiZulu. See Dladla clan names in every language.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping disputed: Emafikamuva (Thwala 2013 list; Wikipedia) | Emakhandzambili (Bonner's attacked-chiefdoms list as cited by Thwala 2013)
  • Surnames recorded Dladla

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What Was Written Down

Thwala 2013 lists Dladla among the late-comers who were refugees seeking protection, but also among the pre-existing chiefdoms Mswati II attacked. Both readings are kept. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf
  • Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf (pp.14-15 and p.18)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Emafikamuva (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emafikamuva

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