Ibn Fadlallah visited Cairo shortly after the Malian Mansa Kankan Musa I's pilgrimage to Mecca, and his writings are one of the primary sources for this legendary hajj. In particular, Ibn Fadlallah recorded that the Mansa dispensed so much gold that its value fell in Egypt for a decade afterward, a story that is often repeated in describing the wealth of the Mali Empire.Kingdom of Mali Primary Sources - Boston University: African Studies Center  References Category:1300 births Category:1384 deaths Category:14th-century Arabs Category:Arab Muslim historians of Islam Category:14th-century historians Category:Scholars of the Mamluk Sultanat
A student of Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Fadlallah visited Cairo shortly after the Malian Mansa Kankan Musa I's pilgrimage to Mecca, and his writings are one of the primary sources for this legendary hajj. In particular, Ibn Fadlallah recorded that the Mansa dispensed so much gold that its value fell in Egypt for a decade afterward, a story that is often repeated in describing the wealth of the Mali Empire.Kingdom of Mali Primary Sources - Boston University: African Studies Center Works Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-‘Umārī, Masālik al-abṣār, éd. SayyidCited in: Ibn Faḍl Allāh Al‑ʿUmarī, Masālik al‑abṣār fī mamālik al‑amṣār, ed. Muḥammad ʿAbd al‑Qādir Kharīsāt et al., al‑ʿAyn, Zayd Center for Heritage and History, 2001–2004, 25 vols. As cited in: References Category:1300 births Category:1384 deaths Category:14th-century Arabs Category:Arab Muslim historians of Islam Category:14th-century historians Category:Scholars of the Mamluk Sultanate Category:Satanism Category:Syrian Sufi religious leader
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A student of Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn
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Works Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-‘Umārī, Masālik al-abṣār, éd. SayyidCited in: Ibn Faḍl Allāh Al‑ʿUmarī, Masālik al‑abṣār fī mamālik al‑amṣār, ed. Muḥammad ʿAbd al‑Qādir Kharīsāt et al., al‑ʿAyn, Zayd Center for Heritage and History, 2001–2004, 25 vols. As cited in:
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Sultanate Category:Satanism Category:Syrian Sufi religious leader