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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 January 2025. Ruler of Mali from c. 1312 to c. 1337 Musa I Depiction of Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, from the 1375 Catalan Atlas. The label reads: This Black Lord is called Musse Melly and is the sovereign of the land of the black people of Gineva (Ghana). This king is the ...
Sandaki was a member of the imperial council and married to the mother of Mansa Musa II. [1] When Mansa Musa II died in 1387, the throne went to his brother Maghan II, but he was killed about a year later. [1] Sandaki took power for himself, but was soon killed by Mahmud, a descendant of Sundiata based in the pagan south. [3]
Nehemia Levtzion considered this unlikely, as a matronymic name would combine the name of the mother and name of the son, as in Kanku Musa, "Musa son of Kanku", rather than being the name of the mother alone, and furthermore, qasā means "queen" and was probably the title of Sulayman's wife, not her personal name. [4]
Musa's hajj, and especially his gold, caught the attention of both the Islamic and Christian worlds. Consequently, the name of Mali and Timbuktu appeared on 14th century world maps. Sankore Mosque. While on the hajj, he met the Andalusian poet and architect es-Saheli. Mansa Musa brought the architect back to Mali to beautify some of the cities.
Kassi (fl. 1352) (also called Qasa) [1] was an empress of the Kingdom of Mali [1] and one of the wives of Mansa Suleyman (r. 1341–1360). She was called Qasa, which means 'the Queen'. [2] Principal wife and paternal cousin of Suleyman, Kassi ruled jointly with her husband, as was traditional. [3]
The early history is entirely unknown, outside of legends and myths. The first Keita mansa was Sundiata Keita. This is when Mari Jata is crowned and Keita becomes a clan name. [citation needed] A couple of generations after him, his great-nephew, Mansa Musa Keita I of Mali, made a celebrated pilgrimage to Mecca. [2]
Mansa Sulayman (Arabic: منسا سليمان, romanized: Mansā Sulaymān; d. c. 1359) was mansa of the Mali Empire during the middle of the 14th century. He was the brother of Mansa Musa and succeeded Musa's son Magha as mansa. As mansa, Sulayman continued the diplomatic relations with the Marinid Sultanate that had been initiated by his ...
The explorer Ibn Battuta, who visited Mali during the reign of Sundiata's great-nephew Suleyman, claimed that Mansa Musa's grandfather was named Sariq Jata and had converted to Islam. [41] This may be a reference to Sundiata, though if so Ibn Battuta was apparently mistaken about the genealogy, as Musa's grandfather was Sundiata's brother Mande ...