Dik King

**Richard Philip King** (1811 – 1871) ɗan kasuwan Ingilishi ne kuma ɗan mulkin mallaka a Port Natal, tashar kasuwanci ta Biritaniya a yankin da ake kira KwaZulu-Natal . An san shi da hawan doki mai tarihi a shekarar 1842, inda ya yi tafiyar , a cikin kwanaki 10, don neman taimako ga sojojin Burtaniya da ke Port Natal (yanzu Old Fort, Durban ). Don girmama jarumtakarsa, wani babban makarantar da ke unguwar Amanzimtoti, Durban an sanya masa suna- Kingway High School.

## Shekarun farko
An haifi Dick King a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba 1811 a Dursley a cikin gundumar Ingilishi ta Gloucestershire. Ya mutu a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba 1871 a Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, Afirka ta Kudu.  Iyalinsa sun yi hijira zuwa gundumar Albany ta Cape Colony, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Mazauna 1820 . A cikin 1828 duk da haka danginsa sun sake komawa yankin da ke kan iyaka na Port Natal, lokacin Dick yana da kimanin shekaru 15. Aikin da ya fara yi shi ne a cikin limamai. A cikin kamfanin reverend Francis Owen ya sadu da shugaban Zulu Dingane, kuma ya sami sabani da kyaftin Allen Gardiner .

## Voortrekkers
A watan Fabrairu, lokacin da Dick King ya riga ya kasance a Port Natal, Jan Gerritze Bantjes ya isa tare da Petrus Lafras Uys a kan "Kommissitrek" daga Grahamstown. Bantjes shi ne marubucin Uys. A Port Natal Bantjes sun yi zane-zane na yankin bay, da Berea da kewayen kogin Mgeni kuma sun yi bayanin kula ga Uys game da yuwuwar tashar ruwa a matsayin sabon tashar jiragen ruwa da babban birnin sabuwar ƙasar Boer da suke fatan farawa. Anyi hakan ne tsawon makonni. Dick King (22) da Jan Gerritze Bantjes (17) sun tafi farautar giwaye tare da Alexander Biggar wanda ƙwararren mafarauci ne, (Bantjes ya iya Turanci da Yaren mutanen Holland) kuma Dick da Jan Gerritze sun san sosai suna kulla abota a cikin makonni. a Port Natal. Tare da Johannes Uys, ɗan'uwan Petrus Uys, sun yi ƙoƙarin ziyartar Dingan kan batun bayar da ƙasa bisa buƙatar Uys, amma saboda Tugela da ke cike da ambaliyar ruwa, an tilasta musu komawa cikin ledarsu a bakin kogin Mvoti. sannan a koma Port Natal ba tare da karfafa ra'ayin Sarkin Zulu kan lamarin ba. A karshen dawowarsu zuwa Grahamstown a cikin Cape, Bantjes ne bisa bukatar Uys, ya zana rahoton Natalland (Natalialand) wanda zai zama mai kara kuzari wanda ya fara babban tafiya daga Cape zuwa ciki da Natal. Daga baya Bantjes zai rubuta shahararriyar yarjejeniyar Retief/Dingaan wadda za ta canza tarihin Afirka ta Kudu har abada.

Dick King ya fara zama sananne bayan kisan gillar 1838 na shugaban Voortrekker Pieter Retief da tawagarsa a kraal na Zulu Chief Dingane. George Champion na Hukumar Kwamishinonin Ofishin Jakadancin {asashen Waje na Amirka wanda ya ji labarin kisan ya sanar da Port Natal. Sun aika Dick King ya gargaɗi ɗansa George, ɗan shekara 18, da kuma wasu da ke da nisan mil 120 (200)&nbsp;km) a cikin ƙasa a sansanonin Voortrekker. Dick King ya tashi nan da nan da ƙafa, tare da ƴan ƙasar da dama. Duk da tazarar da suka yi a cikin kwanaki hudu da tafiya dare da rana, sun isa ne bayan an kai hari sansanin van Rensburg voortrekker. Sun isa kusa da sansanin na gaba, kusa da Estcourt na yau, kamar yadda aka fara kai hari a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu 1838. Ko da yake an yanke shi daga Gerrit Maritz laager, ya shiga cikin kariyarsa, amma ya kasa hana mutuwar George, wanda ya kara shiga cikin kogin Blaauwekrans. Boers 600, ciki har da mata da yara, sun mutu a hare-haren na ban mamaki ko da yake wasu sun yi nasarar tsira daga mummunan harin da Zulu ta kai.

## Babban balaguro
Mazaunan Birtaniyya da ke bakin tekun, da suka ji labarin sabbin hare-haren da aka kai kan Boers, sun kuduri aniyar yin wani abin a zo a gani a kansu. 'Yan Birtaniyya biyu daga Port Natal, Thomas Halstead da George Biggar, na daga cikin wadanda aka riga aka kashe a gidan Dingane da Blaukraans bi da bi.

An sanya wasu mutane 20 zuwa 30 na Turai, ciki har da Dick King, karkashin jagorancin Robert Biggar. Tare da mabiya Zulu 1,500 da suka gudu daga Dingane, suka haye kogin Tugela kusa da bakinsa suka wuce uMgungundlovu . Bayan kwana hudu sun sami damar kwashe shanu 7,000 daga hannun gungun Zulus da suka gudu. Jam’iyyar ta dawo tare da wadannan shanu zuwa bakin teku, kuma ta gano cewa an kashe wani dan leken asirin Dingane a can ba ya nan.

Sun sake tashi zuwa tashar Dingane suka isa ƙauyen Ndondakusuka dake arewacin Tugela a ranar 17 ga Afrilu 1838, na wani kyaftin na Dingane, mai suna Zulu. Anan, yayin da ake tambayar wani ɗan fursuna, mai yiwuwa yaudara ne, wani ƙaƙƙarfan rundunar Zulu ƙarƙashin jagorancin ɗan'uwan Dingane Mpande da Janar Nongalaza sun rufe su. Ba da daɗewa ba turawan Ingila sun gano cewa ja da baya ba zai yiwu ba, kuma sun yi kuskure ta hanyar rarraba ƙarfinsu don adawa da kewaye da su. Zulus ya yi nasara dash wanda ya raba dakarun gida biyu. A cikin mawuyacin hali da ya biyo baya, sojojin Birtaniya sun yi nasara. Dick King, Richard (ko George) Duffy, Joseph Brown, Robert Joyce da kusan 500 Zulus sun tsere zuwa bakin teku.

Sojojin Zulu sun bi su, duk mutanen Turai mazauna Port Natal an tilasta musu su nemi mafaka na kwanaki tara a kan Comet, wani jirgin ruwa na Biritaniya wanda ya faru a bakin teku. Lokacin da Zulus ya yi ritaya, Dick King kawai da wasu bakwai ko takwas suka dawo da zama a tashar jiragen ruwa. Mishaneri, mafarauta da sauran yan kasuwa sun koma Cape.

## Tsaro na Port Natal

A cikin 1842 duk da haka Birtaniya ta aika da wani sansanin soja zuwa Durban karkashin jagorancin Kyaftin Charlton Smith (wanda kuma ya yi aiki a Waterloo ). A halin yanzu Voortrekkers sun ƙarfafa matsayinsu a cikin ƙasa. Sun kafa jamhuriyar Boer ta Natalia kuma suna da niyyar korar sojojin Birtaniyya daga yankin bakin teku mai dabara. Ba da jimawa ba wannan ya kai ga yakin Congella, inda turawan Ingila suka yi mummunar barna baya ga asarar makamansu. Sojojin Birtaniyya sun ja da baya zuwa sansaninsu na tantuna inda kawai kariyarsu shine ramuka da aikin ƙasa. Andries Pretorius ya yi wa sansanin kawanya wanda ya ci gaba da kai hare-haren kananan makamai da manyan bindigogi, kowace rana.

Dan kasuwa George Christopher Cato, wanda zai zama magajin gari na farko na Durban, ya sanar da Dick King halin da ake ciki, wanda ke kan jirgin Mazeppa a ranar 25 ga Mayu. Kafin wayewar gari, Sarki ya sadu da wani bawansa mai shekaru 16 Ndongeni, wanda ya kawo dawakai biyu zuwa tsibirin Salisbury na yanzu a bakin teku. An makala da jirgin ruwa, dawakan da aka ɗaure sun yi iyo tare da jirgin zuwa bluff, daga inda Sarki da Ndongeni suka tsere.

Daga Port Natal (yanzu Durban ), Sarki da Ndongeni sun fara hawan doki na jarumtaka don isar da buƙatu daga Kyaftin Smith don ƙarfafawa cikin gaggawa.  Tafiyar ta ƙunshi tafiyar  ta cikin jeji da jigilar koguna 120 don isa Grahamstown . An tilastawa Ndongeni komawa rabin tafiyar, domin ba shi da sirdi ko kauri. Dick King ya isa Grahamstown kwanaki 10 bayan barin Port Natal, nisa da aka saba rufewa cikin kwanaki 17. Sarki ya dawo wata guda bayan tserewarsa a kan *Conch*, daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa na Burtaniya da ke dauke da bangarorin agaji. Ya isa bakin teku a ranar 24 ga Yuni, kuma ƙarfafawa sun yi lokaci don ceto sansanin Smith daga mika wuya ko yunwa.

## Ganewa
Ndongeni ya sami gona a kogin Mzimkulu da Sarki gona a Isipingo saboda hidimarsu. A Isipingo King ya gudanar da masana'antar sukari har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1871. Ethel Campbell ta yi hira da Ndongeni a cikin 1911 inda ta koyi cikakkun bayanai game da tafiya mai ban mamaki. An kaddamar da wani mutum-mutumi na tunawa da Dick King da tafiyarsa a arewacin gabar tekun Durban (a

## Bayanan kula

## Kara karantawa

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## Manazarta

* Ranakun Kwanciyar Natal, Graham Mackeurtan
* Dick King, Labarin Encarta ( An Ajiye 2009-10-31)
* [Dick King, taƙaitaccen tarihin rayuwa](http://www.tshani.co.za/images/MakanaGallery/MakanaBoards/Small%20Board%20(Dick%20King).pdf) Asusun shaida na ido, William Wood, Collard & Co., 24 Heerengracht, Cape Town, 1840.
* Bayani akan Iyalan Wood, Biggar da Dunn
* Robert Biggar, The Biggar memorial plaque
* Bayanan shaida na balaguron Biggar, mujallar Hewitson ta mishan