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Mansa Musa's Faltering Heir: Why Maghan I Couldn't Hold the Empire
Mansa Musa’s death in 1337 left the Mali Empire in the hands of his son, Maghan I. But Maghan’s reign lasted barely four years, and by 1341 the empire was fraying at the edges. This episode unpacks what we actually know about Maghan I — a figure so obscure that even his name is disputed. Lucas and Luna sift through the fragments: Ibn Khaldun’s curt entry in Kitab al-Ibar, the Tarikh al-Sudan’s conflicting genealogy, and the elusive evidence for a failed military campaign against Gao. They explore why Malian tradition remembers Maghan as a weak ruler, how the jeliw (griots) preserved his…
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