LC control no. | n 50007968 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Moshoeshoe I, King of Lesotho, approximately 1786-1870 |
Variant(s) | Moshesh, Basuto Chief, -1870 Moshesh, Basuto Chief, d. 1870 Moshoeshoe, Basuto Chief, -1870 Moshweshwe, Basuto Chief, -1870 |
Associated country | Lesotho |
Birth date | 1786~ |
Death date | 18700118 |
Found in | Tylden, G. The rise of the Basuto, 1950. Warrior chiefs of Southern Africa, c1994: p. 55 (Moshoeshoe was born about 1786) Moshweshwe of Lesotho, 1971 Wikipedia, June 8, 2015 (Moshoeshoe I, King of Lesotho, reign: 1822 - 18 January 1870; Moshoeshoe (c. 1786 - 11 March 1870) was born at Menkhoaneng in the northern part of present-day Lesotho. By the latter part of the 19th century, Moshoeshoe established the nation of the Basotho, in Basutoland. He was popularly known as Morena e Moholo/morena oa Basotho (Great King/King of the Basotho)) |