The claim
Mansa Musa's hajj showed the world West Africa's wealth.
The evidence
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The chain of transmitters — passage/muwatta-1-052
A Muwatta hadith with isnad.
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chronicle — work/masalik-al-absar
The Masalik al-Absar account of Mansa Musa's hajj and his gold, faithfully cond'en'sed from al-Umari.
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object — place/timbuktu
Timbuktu — the gold-and-books c'en'tre of his kingdom.
The historians' note
Histories and maps tell the effect of the gold he spent in Cairo; the exact figure stays an estimate.