Editing Zulu people (section)

==== Conflict with the British ====
{{Main|Anglo-Zulu War}}
In mid-December 1878, envoys of the British crown delivered an ultimatum to 11 chiefs representing the then-current king of the Zulu empire, [[Cetshwayo]]. Under the British terms delivered to the Zulu, Cetshwayo would have been required to disband his army and accept British sovereignty. Cetshwayo refused, and war between the Zulus and African contingents of the British crown began on January 12, 1879. Despite an early victory for the Zulus at the [[Battle of Isandlwana]] on 22 January, the British fought back and won the [[Battle at Rorke's Drift]], and decisively defeated the Zulu army by July at the [[Battle of Ulundi]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}