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Mansa Musa's Lost Architect: The Man Who Built Timbuktu
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the story of Abu Ishaq al-Sahili, the Andalusian poet-architect who traveled with Mansa Musa back to Mali after the 1324 Hajj. Al-Sahili is credited with introducing fired-brick architecture to the Sahel, building the Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, the royal palace at Niani, and the mosque at Gao. But how much of this is fact, and how much is legend? The hosts examine the primary sources — al-Umari's Masalik al-Absar, Ibn Battuta's Rihla, and the Tarikh al-Sudan — to separate al-Sahili the historical figure from al-Sahili the myth. They…
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