Interestingly, its legendary king is often regarded as the wealthiest person in history, with an estimated fortune of around ...

As a devout Muslim, Mansa Musa dedicated significant time to preparing for his pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) early in his reign. This pilgrimage, undertaken between 1324 and 1325, catapulted him to ...

History books suggest that Mansa Musa was far from modest about his riches. Arab chroniclers reported that he journeyed to Mecca during his pilgrimage, or Hajj, with a retinue numbering in the ...

Mansa Musa ruled for the next 25 years and used ... As a devout Muslim going on Hajj was very important to him, so in 1324, he travelled on a pilgrimage to Mecca with 60,000 men, some of whom ...

Gomez, a professor at New York University and a historian of West Africa, published in RT, claims that the amount of gold Mansa Musa brought on his Hajj pilgrimage exceeded 18 tons, reported TV9 ...

Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) in 1324 is legendary. Accompanied by a caravan of thousands of people and dozens of camels carrying an estimated 136 kilograms of gold, he distributed ...

Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire ... Guinea and Ivory Coast. Musa went on Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, in 1324 - travelling ...

However, Mansa Musa was wealthier than the combined fortunes ... Arab writers claimed that when he went on Hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, he traveled with an entourage of tens of thousands and ...