What was important about Mansa Musa’s hajj to Mecca

Mansa Musa was a famous king from the Golden period, he was famous for his powerful and wealthy reign. The strategic location of his empire put him in a position to utilise the trade routes and acquire maximum wealth in the region. Mansa Musa was a pious and kind hearted man who is famous among his people. The Pilgrimage performed by Musa is famous because of a number of reasons – the famous among them is that he gave away plenty of gold and wealth to the poor along the way as he came to perform religious obligation in Mecca. The amount of wealth he traded and donated had a huge impact on the gold price of that era as the cost of gold dropped in Cairo. 

The cities he visited during his journey for pilgrimage had a great impact on different parts especially in Sudan and Egypt. Though the most impact is on all the African Mediterranean region. The Mansa Musa’s journey to perform religious obligations has great political and economic impact along with the spreading of Islam as it promotes Islamic culture, Islamic architecture and trade was also enhanced by this trip of Mansa to Mecca.

It is evident from the historical books that his wealth the Camel Caravan carried include almost 135 kilos is equal to 300 pounds of gold dust on each of hundred Camels, along with 500 slaves are also carrying 6 of gold. The Pilgrimage Caravan also contain additional hundreds of Camels that are loaded with food stuff and clothing and the royal horses had red and gold banners of king and there are 10 of thousands of officials in the Karwan included Mansa Musa give gold in the shopping markets instead of Dinar Mansha Pasha also gifted thousands of Gold items and diplomatic gifts to the Sultan of different areas as 50000 of gold dinar coins was gifted to Sultan of Egypt.

He traveled about 4000 miles with his officials and wealth crossing the Sahara desert and then to Egypt. Later, Mansa Musa as soon as entered Arab he donated plenty of gold and wealth at each step and also bought lands and set rest areas and mentions for the people who were late then will be foreseeing to perform Hajj and Umrah. He bought plenty of Arab land and donated for travelers in the name of Allah. 

Indigenous famous renowned rulers adopted Islam because of the Arab merchants and the spread of Mali Empire the wealth and power of his Empire plays an important role in the spread of Islam across West Africa most of the locals converted and local communities also attracted Muslims to strengthen the religious bonds in the region.

After an adventurous and exhaustive travel the king Musa finally entered Medina. He visited the Prophet’s mosque and then the tomb of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He performed religious duties and asked for forgiveness of his sins and crimes. Later, from Madinah his caravan moved to Mecca to perform hajj. During his time in Arabia he also met many scholars and was ordered to teach Arabic in his empire.

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