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The Mansa Musa Enigma: His First Hajj and the Myth of Infinite Gold
In this episode, Lucas and Luna take a fresh look at Mansa Musa's legendary pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, but not just the journey's famous aftermath in Cairo. They explore the personal and political calculus behind the journey — how a young ruler, recently emerged from a succession crisis, used the hajj to secure his legitimacy, project power across the Islamic world, and stitch together a vast empire from the Atlantic to the Niger Bend. Drawing on the accounts of al-Umari, the geographer who interviewed Cairo's officials, and the later chronicles of Ibn Khaldun, they question…
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