Milestone·Later empires
Mansa Musa Reaches Cairo on Hajj
- Date
- July 1324 CE724 AH702 years ago
- Place
- Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
- People
- Mansa Musa, Al-Nasir Muhammad
Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire, reached Cairo in July 1324 on his way to Mecca. His large caravan carried gold and gifts, and he stayed in Cairo for about three months. Chroniclers reported that his gold lowered prices in Cairo for years afterward. During his stay he met the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad.
Why it matters
The journey made Mali known to Arab and Mediterranean writers, and it appears in later maps of Africa.