Mansa Musa Research Paper

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The most influential man of his time, Mansa Musa had heavily shaped Islamic West Africa Mansa Musa's pilgrimage brought an increase of Islamic education,Arabic scholars and brought Mali into the world's eye. Mansa Musa pilgrimage while customary of an emperor ,impacted West Africa so greatly by put Mali in the world’s line of sight. In 1307 Musa rose to power after the demise of his pediesour Abu-Bakr II (“Mansa Musa’ Blackpast.org). In 1324 Mansa Musa began his four thousand mile pilgrimage to the Mecca, being the first West African Muslim ruler to make the journey( History of Islam). It is said that along with an entourage consisting of a five hundred slaves and eighty camels each carrying well over three hundred pounds of gold, it was …show more content…

In both Cairo and Kairouan Mansa Musa purchased a multitude of Islamic texts and brought them back to Mali. In hopes to extend the Islamic religion to the rural citizens Mansa Musa built great universities in Walata, Gao and Timbuktu. Mansa Musa furthered his Islamic reform by building mosques with the help of Ishaq El Teudjin . Teudjin was an Islamic architect who had come back with Mansa Musa from his pilgrimage . Teugjin introduced a number of advanced building techniques and is responsible for building two very famous mosques : the Goa mosque and the still standing Djinqueerker in Timbuktu. Alongside the constructions and islamic reform Mansa Musa began solidifying ties in North Africa and Egypt, causing many heavily islamic populated countries to look at Mali. With all of the Islamic reforms many Islamic leaders took noticed increasing commerce , trade and scholars in Mali. It wasn’t only islamic countries that took notice of Mali. Spain, Italy and Germany all began to take notice of the growing Islamic Mali. For about two centuries after Mansa Mali’s pilgrimage cartographers from Spain, Italy and Germany traveled to Mali producing maps that depicted Mansa Mali and his pilgrimage,. Mansa Mali had succeeded in bringing global attention to Mali by turning it into the mecca of Islamic culture and

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