The pilgrimage to Mecca may be true and he may’ve carried 40 mules packed with gold with him, but this story should be questioned on its accuracy and reliability. The time lapse between when this was written and the time the pilgrimage took place is too distant. Also, Mansa Musa made this pilgrimage a business trip as well. Kankan Musa, formally known as Mansa Musa, was one of the most respected and well known rulers of the Empire of Mali. He was the head of this empire in the early 1300’s. Mansa Musa was very religious, so the pilgrimage to Mecca was obvious and destined for him. He made the hajj and brought reportedly thousands of men with him.The problem is that this story was recorded more or less 200 years later by a scholar and judge …show more content…
He is obsessed with power, and does not like being second to none. On his pilgrimage, he had reportedly 8,000 men follow him. He also had 40 mules that bared gifts of gold to share with the countries they were going though. He wanted to advertise power and wealth upon the inferior countries. He wanted to impose his strength and power by proving that Mali is financially superior, and offer success to all of its civilians. This pilgrimage of his was not just some religious ritual for him, this was also a business trip. He wanted to show his empire. He wanted to strike fear and earn respect, and he wanted to advertise as Mali as being a respectable and up-and-coming country. With all this frivolous spending he actually caused the value of gold to decline in Kairo, which is actually a bad thing when considering that gold was just as equal as salt. Also, with his travels, trade increases in West Africa. So this pilgrimage to Mecca was just an excuse to impose his empire’s strength and prosperity on other …show more content…
Stories of Mansa Musa’s travels are all word of mouth and cannot be truly portrayed due to the lack of reliability. Mahmad Kati may’ve been a very smart scholar but his writings up for questioning. 200 years is a long time lapse between events getting jotted down. That is 200 years of plausible events that could’ve happened. 200 years of information being transferred from person to person. Every person sharing their different aspects and views of what happened on his pilgrimage, passing around decades of truths among different people, with that people can understand why his information can be
He decided to improve the status of his land on his arrival from a pilgrimage from Mecca in 1324. Furthermore, he transformed his trading city of Timbuktu to a center of learning and religion and built a mass, which set a new style of architecture in West Africa. “Caravans of Gold” underlines the importance of Timbuktu because it concentrated on African scholarship, politics, teaching theology, and Islamic law. Timbuktu was a significant place in Africa during this time because it became a market right after and made a profit for the region. Likewise, it was a religious, cultural, and profitable center whose people traveled north across the Sahara through Morocco and Algeria to other parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia. According to The History of Africa, “Because of his devotion to Islam, Mansa Musa strengthened Islam and promoted education, trade, and commerce in Mali” (Asante, 2014, pg. 135). It was a successful center for the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade and grew as the center of Islam. This statement launches the truth that Timbuktu supported Islamic values and knowledge because it was a city most well-known for the education of important scholars whose backgrounds were of Islam. Asante supports the fact that Mansa Musa was effective in reforming the city of Timbuktu and the trade in that area. Asante also states that “Musa did not forget the control of the gold and salt; it was fundamental for the
The first distinguishing factor of a pilgrimage lies in how a pilgrimage searches for truth. While spiritual tourism may involve an individual merely quickly glancing at the surface of spirituality, a spiritual pilgrimage seeks to fully understand the character of God. Chase Falson proves this to be true in the way that his old convictions begin to fall apart. His Laodicean
This shows that Mecca is in the middle of many trade cities, as a result of this trade moves through the city. Trade allows people to interact and move around, when they move around they bring their religious beliefs with them. Mecca was also the home to the most famous pagan shrine, the Ka’ba(Document A).This proves that many people come to Mecca, they came seeking the Ka’ba for their own religions that were important to them. , while they were in the city they began to trade. The people came seeking the Ka’ba but they may hear some Islamic people talking about their own religion.
All in all, this short selection of Usama’s writings does much to further the understanding of the effects on the crusades on many Muslims during this period, though since this was written by an affluent elite it does not describe much of the general populous’ experience. It also provides a good overview of the interactions between Muslims themselves. This was a time fraught with danger and division but Usama’s work shows that a common thread kept many together and preserved a civilization that still exists to this very day.
While Islam was the official religion of the nation, there was religious tolerance. Mansa Musa was adamant that those who held different beliefs were acceptable. While Mansa Musa most certainly wanted to spread what he believed to be the true word of God to the people of his country, he gave people the choice. Many have suggested that Mansa Musa allowing other religions actually helped spread the Islamic faith by letting people choose for themselves and truly believing the faith they were more inclined to spread the faith. The Islamic faith exploded in Mali and brought the nation closer together, not only with itself but with many other Islamic nations.
At the beginning of his journey, he decides to not travel with a caravan, this proves to be a good thing for him, as along his journey, he is continually meeting rich and pious people who give him camels, horses, donkeys, money, food, drink, and places to lodge. This is a custom of the muslim faith to give gifts to travelers. His journey first began in the Middle East, then venturing out to sea to Makkah, where his ship was attacked by pirates and he had to continue the journey to Makkah on foot. Then Ibn Battuta crossed the vast Arabian Desert to reach modern day Iraq and Iran, he stayed briefly then took another ship to Tanzania in East Africa. He eventually ended up going to India where he was warmly greeted by Sultan of Dehli, who was also known as the Shadow of God.
On June 26, 1187, the Muslim Sultan Saladin crossed the river Jordan with 20,000 of his followers - an army consisting of roughly 12,000 light horsemen and a number of footmen to a location south of the Sea of Galilee where he and his men encamped. They had been ravaging the nearby countryside in hopes of provoking a Christian attack, but had been unsuccessful.
The act of pilgrimage is scared to the devoted followers of any faith as it requires a commitment to religious obligations and the utmost sacrifice to an unseen deity. As one takes part in a religious journey, he or she renounces worldly obligations in efforts to fulfill the greatest form of piety.
In the 1300s Mansa Musa, king of Mali took his holy pilgrimage to the city of Mecca as a devout muslim, traveling through scorching deserts and bustling cities, although there might be other reasons he took his religious Hajj. The pilgrimage of Mansa Musa traveled all across Northern Africa and Arabia, stopping in cities along the way where Mansa Musa gave out gold to all he saw. The journey from the Empire of Mali to the city of Mecca was not only a faithful religious journey to the holy city, but also to create a name for Mali as the wealthy and powerful empire it was.
...lf and of knowing who they were and to feel like a whole but then he ruined his very own kingdom also by not sticking to his own teachings and acclaiming himself a higher power then the deity’s that they worshipped.
He wanted to serve a meaningful life, which was what made him decide to go to Africa. His major goal was to feel like he had accomplished something meaningful before his death. He completely removed himself from anything customary in his life. The Burnt out Case forces you to question yourself
to dominate over and control his kingdom/state, it was obviously not meant for lesser mortals. It
The Kingdom of Mali was an African hub of wealth, trade and education for over 225 years. Mali is an Arab version of the Mandinka word that means, “Where the king dwells”, and was vitally important in spreading trade, education, religion and culture along the Niger River. The rise of Mali into an Empire occurred in the early 13th century, when Sundiata defeated his enemies and won control of the West African gold mines. In 1312 Mansa Musa became ruler of Mali. During his reign which was known as Mali’s, “Golden Age”, he introduced Islamic beliefs to many communities along the Niger and enhanced education after his historic pilgrimage to Mecca. Mali’s rise was attributed to the Trans-Saharan Trade routes leading to and from Western and Eastern Africa. These trade routes contributed to the rise and fall of powerful African Kingdoms for hundreds of years, but for 250 years, Mali was the crown jewel of Africa.
Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584, in a Japan struggling to recover from more than four centuries of internal strife. The traditional rule of the emperors had been overthrown in the twelfth century, and although each successive emperor remained the figurehead of Japan, his powers were very much reduced. Since that time, Japan had seen almost continuous civil war between the provincial lords, warrior monks and brigands, all fighting each other for land and power. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the lords, called daimyo, built huge stone castles to protect themselves and their lords and castle towns outside the walls began to grow up. These wars naturally restricted the growth of trade and impoverished the whole country.
On the 6th of Dhil Qa’da, the Prophet and his companions made a pilgrimage to Makkah. But, to do so they had to come up with a plan. It was Abu Bakr who suggested to tell the Quraish, that the pilgrimage was strictly for religious purposes, and that there was no intention of fighting. He also helped come up with some of the terms on the Treaty of Hudaibiya, and signed it, and this was the first real victory for the Muslims. It was after this treaty that Islam could be spread more peacefully. The number of new converts after the treaty, was larger than the number of converts in the nineteen years that precede it. When the Prophet (S) and the companions went to Tabuk, Hazrat Abu Bakr was the Imamat and carried the banner of Islam. Abu Bakr was also the first Amirul-Hajj in the history of Islam. He led the caravan of Muslims to Makkah.