Timeline Explorer · Mansa Musa · Stop 1 of 5
c. 1280 CE · c. 679 AH† approximate debated before the Hijra
The most famous and greatest of Mali's kings, who reigned about a quarter of a century and made the hajj in 724 AH in a procession of over twelve thousand attendants clad in brocade and Yemeni silk, his largesse and the breadth of his realm becoming proverbial across the Maghreb,…
Birth: Mansa Musa — c. 1280 CE · c. 679 AH†
The most famous and greatest of Mali's kings, who reigned about a quarter of a century and made the hajj in 724 AH in a procession of over twelve thousand attendants clad in brocade and Yemeni silk, his largesse and the breadth of his realm becoming proverbial across the Maghreb, Egypt and the East; he exchanged gifts with the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan, among them the giraffe that the Maghreb talked about for an age.
Mansa Musa takes the throne of Mali — c. 1312 CE · c. 712 AH†
Mansa Musa succeeded Mari Jata on the throne of Mali about 1312 .
The hajj of Mansa Musa — 1324 CE · 724 AH
The journey of Mali's king Mansa Musa to the Hijaz in 724 AH in a caravan that astonished Egypt and the Hijaz — over twelve thousand attendants in brocade and Yemeni silk, feasting every halt on rare foods and sweets — leaving Egypt retelling his munificence for generations, while he planned a lime-plastered guest house in his capital for his returning entourage.
Djinguereber mosque built at Timbuktu — c. 1327 CE · c. 727 AH†
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 .
Death: Mansa Musa — c. 1337 CE · c. 737 AH
The most famous and greatest of Mali's kings, who reigned about a quarter of a century and made the hajj in 724 AH in a procession of over twelve thousand attendants clad in brocade and Yemeni silk, his largesse and the breadth of his realm becoming proverbial across the Maghreb, Egypt and the East; he exchanged gifts with the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan, among them the giraffe that the Maghreb talked about for an age.
