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the sources call him the richest king of his age
he was African, not Ottoman
he was a king, not a trader
he was Mali''s king, not a traveller
the sources place his caravan in Cairo that year
that is Acre''s fall, not his Hajj
that is Constantinople''s conquest
his Hajj is among history''s most famous processions
the sources say his spending affected the market
the price fell for gold''s abundance
his spending moved the gold market
he did not abolish the metal, he spent it
the sources credit the building to him
the Dome of the Rock is in Jerusalem, not Timbuktu
the Alhambra is in al-Andalus, not Africa
the citadel is in Cairo, not Timbuktu
the sources name those who came with him from his Hajj
he brought scholars, not Franks
he brought scholars, not Chinese traders
the sources have him bring scholars and architects
desert trade gathered his wealth in the sources
Mali is desert, not coastal
oil was not his age''s goods
his trade was salt and gold, not silk
he appears on the map holding gold
Rome minted no coin of him
it appeared on the Catalan, not Chinese, map
the map predates modern exhibitions
the sources date his death about 1337
that is his Hajj year, not his death
that is over a century after his death
he died in the sources like all people
his caravan showed in Cairo and on maps
people made Hajj centuries before him
gold was known before him
historians and maps record him
al-Umari''s and Ibn Khaldun''s accounts reach us
his age''s historians documented him
Arabs and Europeans wrote of him
Arab historians wrote of him before the Ottomans
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