The arrival of Mbegha,[7] the first ruler of the Kilindi dynasty, around AD 1740, marked a significant turning point, occurring amidst a civil or tribal conflict.
By AD 1800, Bughe’s successor, Shebughe, expanded the kingdom southward into Wazigua territory and successfully conquered the East Usambaras.
This expansion was furthered by his son, Kimweri ye Nyumbani, who extended the kingdom’s influence to encompass the entire coastline below the Usambaras by AD 1835.
[12] After he died in 1862 a civil war broke out over the succession, fueled by competition for the new wealth that the caravan trade in the Pangani valley had brought to the region.
[13][14] Under colonial rule (first German then British) the dynasty continued to have some authority, but in 1962 the then Tanganyika government removed all power from the hereditary chiefdoms.