List of Zulu Regiments
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There were a number of Zulu Regiments[1][2] (known sometimes as "Impis"). Most were created during the reign of Shaka Zulu. This is a list of them.[3]: 263–382
| Name | Meaning | Date Raised | Age Group Birth Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ama-Wombe | Single Clash | 1816 | 1775-1785 | |
| U-Kangela | Look-out | 1816 | 1785-1790 | |
| Izin-Tenjana | ezakala O-Ngoye[a] | 1818-1819 | 1795-1798 | |
| U-Nomdayana | 1820 | 1800 | ||
| Ama-Phela | Cockroaches [b] | 1821 | 1801 | |
| Ama-Kwenkwe | 1822-1826 | 1802-1806 | ||
| Izi-Kwembu | 1822-1826 | 1802-1806 | ||
| Izi-Zimazane | 1822-1826 | 1802-1806 | ||
| Jubingqwanda | Shorn Head-rings | 1816 | 1785-1790 | |
| U-Dlambedlu | Wild Men | 1816 | 1790-1795 | |
| Um-Gumanqa | 1818-1819 | 1797-1798[c] | Sub-division[c] | |
| Isi-Pezi | 1818-1819 | 1797-1798[c] | ||
| U-Mbonambi | 1818-1819 | 1797-1798[c] | ||
| U-Nteke | 1818-1819 | 1797-1798[c] | ||
| U-Gibabanye or Kipabanye | The Expellers | 1820-1825 | 1800-1805 | |
| U-Fojisa | 1820-1825 | 1800-1805 | ||
| Im-Folozi | 1820-1825 | 1800-1805 | ||
| In-Dabakulu | The Great Affair | 1820-1825 | 1800-1805 | |
| Fasimba | The Haze "Shaka's Own" [d] | 1816 | The Young Guard[d] | |
| Izi-Cwe | The Bushmen "Ngomane's Own" [d] | 1816 | ||
| U-Dlangezwa | 1823-1824 | |||
| Um-Ota | 1823-1824 | |||
| Ulu-Tuli | 1823-1824 | |||
| Izi-Nyosi | The Bees [e] | 1828 |
