villages. The Iru had a number of ways to redress grievances against Hima overlords, despite their legal inferiority. Iru men could petition the king to end unfair treatment by a Hima patron. Iru people could not be subjugated to Hima cattle-owners without entering into a patron-client contract. A number of social pressures worked to destroy Hima domination of Ankole. Miscegenation took place despite prohibitions on intermarriage, and children of these unions (abambari) often demanded their rights as cattle owners, leading to feuding and cattle-raiding. From what is present-day Rwanda groups launched repeated attacks against the Hima during the nineteenth century. To counteract these pressures, several Hima warlords recruited Iru men into their armies to protect the southern borders of Ankole. Banyankore trace their ancestors back to the Bairu and the Bahima subgroup. Colonial and post-colonial periods On 25 October 1901, the Kingdom of Nkore was incorporated into the British Protectorate of Uganda by the signing of the Ankole agreement. The kingdom was formally abolished in 1967 by the government of President Milton Obote, and since then, the kingdom has not been restored officially. Because of the reorganisation of the country by Idi Amin, Ankole no longer exists as an administrative unit. It is divided into ten districts, namely: Bushenyi District, Buhweju District, Mitooma District, Rubirizi District, Sheema District, Ntungamo District, Mbarara District, Kiruhura District, Ibanda District, and Isingiro District. List of Omugabe of Ankole Names and Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (1989). Ruhinda (c. 1430 - 1446) Nkuba (c. 1446 - 1475) Nyaika (c. 1475 - 1503) Nyabugaro Ntare I (c. 1503 - 1531) Rushango (c. 1531 - 1559) Ntare II Kagwejegyerera (c. 1559 - 1587) Ntare III Rugamaba (c. 1587 - 1615) Kasasira (c. 1615 - 1643) Kitera (c. 1643 - 1671) (joint ruler with Kumongye) Kumongye (c. 1643 - 1671) (joint ruler with Kitera) Mirindi (c. 1671 - 1699) Ntare IV Kitabanyoro (c. 1699 - 1727) Macwa (c. 1727 - 1755) Four joint rulers (c. 1755 - 1783) Rwabirere Karara I Karaiga Kahaya I Three joint rulers (c. 1783 - 1811) Nyakashaija Bwarenga Rwebishengye Kayunga (c. 1811 - 1839) (joint ruler with Gasiyonga I) Gasiyonga I (c. 1811 - 1839) (joint ruler with Kayunga) Mutambuka (c. 1839 - 1867) Ntare V (c. 1867 - 1895) Monarchy placed under the Uganda Protectorate in 1896. Kahaya II (1895 – 1944) Gasiyonga II (1944 – 8 September