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Mansa Musa's Diplomatic Mission to the Marinid Sultan
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Mansa Musa's often-overlooked diplomatic outreach to the Marinid Sultanate of Fez. In 1337, Musa dispatched an embassy led by a learned qadi, carrying rich gifts and a proposal for a strategic alliance against the growing Christian presence in Iberia. The mission navigated the Sahara, stopped in Sijilmasa, and reached Fez where Sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abdallah received them. The episode examines the political calculus behind the embassy, the gifts exchanged—including gold and manuscripts—and the diplomatic fallout that reshaped Mali's…
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