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Mansa Musa's Lost Medical Corps: The Hajj of 1324
In 1324, Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca was more than a display of gold—it was a mobile city of 60,000 people crossing the Sahara. In this episode, Lucas and Luna uncover a largely overlooked aspect of that journey: the medical corps that kept the caravan alive. Drawing on al-Umari's accounts and later scholarship, they explore how Mansa Musa's doctors, pharmacists, and field hospitals treated everything from dysentery to scorpion stings. The episode also examines the exchange of medical knowledge between Mali, Cairo, and the Islamic world, including surgical techniques and…
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