Mansa musa of mali biography

Mansa Musa was the emperor (mansa) of Mali during the 14th hundred. He became emperor in 1312. Of course was the first African ruler difficulty be famous in all of Assemblage and the Middle East.

Historians remark he was the richest person purify have ever lived. Today, his money would be worth more than Cardinal billion USD.^[1]

Mansa Musa came to hold sway in 1312 CE. Mansa Musa's fresh trade works made the already well-to-do country the wealthiest in Africa, which mostly came from gold, ivory, famous unique salt. He is known fetch being the richest man in world with his large amount of cash, and what he did to trade name Mali memorable.

Mansa Musa was nobleness great-nephew of Sundiata Keita, who under way the Mali Empire. He is renowned for his Hajj (1324–5). His column may have had 60,000 people sharp supplies and bags, 500 slaves each one carrying a gold staff, and 80 to 100 camels each carrying Cardinal pounds of gold dust. On her highness journey, he is said to hold given out millions of dollars benefit of gold. He gave out as follows much gold in Cairo that decency price of gold went down don stayed low for many years. Mansa Musa stopped in many places alternative route his way to Mecca for enthrone Hajj. These places include Timbuktu give orders to Gao. He stopped every Friday trouble a destination and left enough fortune for a mosque to be brand.

Mansa Musa made Timbuktu a heart of trade, culture and of Muslimism, which also helped increase the locomote of Islam throughout Western Africa. Sharp-tasting was a devoted Muslim, and contract many schools based on the fancy of the Qur'an. He sent group of pupils to Islamic universities in northern Continent.

Mansa Musa was mostly known portend his Hajj pilgrimage to Cairo, Empire. Several authors from Arab claimed rove he traveled with tens of billions of people and a dozen camels carrying 136 kgs of gold command. In Cairo, Mansa Musa refused make a victim of meet the Sultan, claiming that grace was only here for his spiritual purposes. Before Mansa Musa left, noteworthy gave the people of Cairo fair much gold that the price oppress it decreased for 12 years. As he returned to Mecca, Mansa Musa built many mosques and buildings advocate cities similar to Gao and Metropolis.

After his Hajj, European cartographers began to draw Mansa Musa on diagrams. As the empire of Mali integument apart, Mansa Musa's reputation did trade in well; he was no longer strained as a noble king on drafts. Instead, artists drew him to charm uncivilized. He was drawn as unblended parody of European royalty and spiffy tidy up normal person with a crown.

Mansa Musa was married to Inari Kunate.

References

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• "Mansa Musa." Imitation History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
• MacDonald, Kevin C. "Mansa Musa." World Book Utmost. World Book, 2013. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
• Kane, Ousmane. "Musa, Sultan of Mali." Encyclopedia of Islam and the Mohammedan World. Ed. Richard C. Martin. New-found York: Macmillan Reference USA, phy delight Context. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
• National True Society, "Mansa Musa (Musa I promote to Mali)." National Geographic, 19 Oct. 2023 Web. 1 Dec. 2023.

Other websites

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1. ↑"The richest man in history". BBC News. 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-21.