Mansa Musa Research Paper

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Mansa Musa was born in 1280, he was a famous nationality, he was born in Mali. Munsa Musa began his pilgrimage with an entourage of thousands of escorts in 1324 Mansa Munsa brought Arab scholars, government bureaucrats, and architects he also brought considerable amounts of gold some which was distribute along the journey. In 1312 musa became emperor following the death of his predecessor Abu-Bakr II. Mansa musa was given the name "mansa musa " because it meant king of kings. Mansa Musa was made the first Muslims ruler in west Africa to make the nearly four-thousand-mile journey to mecca (blackpast.org 4.) Mansa musa know for numerous names during his life including emir of Melle .In west he popular by the name Mansa Musa .Mansa Musa is a Muslim name whose biblical equivalent would be Moses which Mansa Musa means "king of kings ".Mansa musa is most famous for hid pilgrimage to mecca which he undertook in 1324 ,the seventeenth year of his reign .It was the pilgrimage that showed cased the extreme wealth of Mali to the world and made Mansa Musa a popular figure. The gold and gifts that …show more content…

mansa musa is most remembered for his extravagant hajj, or pilgrimage mecca with ,according to the Arab historian al-Umari 100 camel-loads of gold each weighed 300lb. About 500 slaves carried 4lb gold staff thousands of his subjects as well as his senior wife with her 500 attendants. Mansa musa brought back with him a library, religious scholars, and mostly important the Muslim architect al sahili who built the great mosque at geo and Timbuktu and a royal palace. With his lavish spending and generosity in curio and meccas he ran out of money and had to borrow at usurious rates interest for the return trip. (pg1 www.blackhistorypages.net/pages/mansamusa.php

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