Mansa Musa takes the throne of Mali

منسا موسى يتولى ملك مالي

c. 1312 CE · c. 712 AH† – c. 1312 CE · c. 712 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Timbuktu

Mansa Musa succeeded Mari Jata on the throne of Mali about 1312 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
West Africa & Sahel
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1300131013201330 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Timbuktu

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Mansa Musa
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Timbuktu

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Djinguereber mosque built at Timbuktu· The hajj of Mansa Musa· The Sankore mosque at Timbuktu· Sonni Ali takes Timbuktu· Mansa Sulayman· Mari Jata (Sundiata Keita)· Mali Empire· Timbuktu

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Djinguereber mosque built at Timbuktu

On Mansa Musa's return from the hajj the Andalusian architect Abu Ishaq al-Sahili came with him and built the Djinguereber mosque at Timbuktu about 1327.