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Mansa Musa's Return From Hajj The Year of Rebuilding
After Mansa Musa's legendary 1324 Hajj that crashed Cairo's gold market, he returned to Mali to find a restless empire. This episode follows the emperor's first year back: the border skirmishes he had to pacify, the administrative reforms he rushed through, and the building projects that reshaped Niani and Timbuktu. We examine the specific reforms Mansa Musa enacted in 1325–26 based on al-Umari's accounts: the reorganization of the farba tax system, the appointment of new provincial governors, and the expansion of the qadi courts. We also look at how he handled the Mossi…
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