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Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage: The Hajj That Shook Cairo
In 1324, Mansa Musa, the emperor of Mali, set out on the hajj to Mecca with a caravan so vast it still echoes in the historical record. This episode follows that journey from the gold fields of Bambuk to the streets of Cairo, where his spending spree crashed the gold market for years. We explore the logistics of the journey—the camels, the gold, the slaves, the sheer scale—and the reactions of the people he encountered, from the sultan of Egypt to the chroniclers who recorded his every move. We also separate the man from the myth: how much of his wealth was real, and how much was legend?…
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