jeli), also known as griots, includes relatively little information about Musa compared to some other parts of the history of Mali. Oral tradition, as performed by the jeliw ( sg. Additional information comes from two 17th-century manuscripts written in Timbuktu, the Tarikh as-Sudan and the Tarikh al-fattash. While in Cairo during his hajj, Musa befriended officials such as Ibn Amir Hajib, who learned about him and his country from him and later passed on that information to historians such as Al-Umari. Much of what is known about Musa comes from Arabic sources written after his hajj, especially the writings of Al-Umari and Ibn Khaldun. In the Songhai language, rulers of Mali such as Musa were known as the Mali-koi, koi being a title that conveyed authority over a region: in other words, the "ruler of Mali". As he was a member of the Keita dynasty, he is also called Musa Keita. He is also called Hidji Mansa Musa in oral tradition in reference to his hajj. In Mande tradition, it was common for one's name to be prefixed by their mother's name, so the name Kanku Musa means "Musa, son of Kanku", although it is unclear if the genealogy implied is literal. In oral tradition and the Timbuktu Chronicles, Musa is known as Kanku Musa.
It has also been translated as "conqueror" and "priest-king". Mansa, 'ruler' or 'king' in Mande, was the title of the ruler of the Mali Empire. Mansa Musa's personal name was Musa ( Arabic: موسى, romanized: Mūsā), the Arabic form of Moses. He has often been called the wealthiest person in history, though his wealth is impossible to accurately quantify and it is difficult to meaningfully compare the wealth of historical figures. Musa's reign is regarded as the apogee of Mali's power and prestige. His reign is associated with numerous construction projects, including part of Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu. He recruited scholars from the wider Muslim world to travel to Mali, such as the Andalusian poet Abu Ishaq al-Sahili, and helped establish Timbuktu as a center of Islamic learning. He sought closer ties with the rest of the Muslim world, particularly the Mamluk Sultanate and Marinid Sultanate. Musa expanded the borders of the Mali Empire, in particular incorporating the cities of Gao and Timbuktu into its territory. En route, he spent time in Cairo, where his lavish gift-giving caused a noticeable drop in the price of gold for over a decade and garnered the attention of the wider Muslim world. Musa went on the hajj to Mecca in 1324, and traveled with an enormous entourage and a vast supply of gold. The Mali Empire consisted of land that is now part of Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia and the modern state of Mali. 1337), or Mansa Musa, was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, an Islamic West African state.Īt the time of Musa's ascension to the throne, Mali in large part consisted of the territory of the former Ghana Empire, which Mali had conquered.
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