Mansa Musa's Hajj: The Gold That Crashed Egypt
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We often hear that Mansa Musa was incredibly wealthy, but the true scale of his impact is found not in Mali itself, but in Cairo during his 1324 pilgrimage. We explore how a single caravan carrying perhaps sixty tons of pure gold flooded the Egyptian market, causing inflation that took over a decade to resolve. Through the accounts of Arab historians like al-Umari and Ibn Battuta, we examine the economic shockwaves that rippled across the Mediterranean. This episode moves beyond the legend of 'riches' to look at the concrete mechanics of currency devaluation, the Mamluk response, and how one king’s piety inadvertently reshaped the global economy of the fourteenth century. #MansaMusa #MaliEmpire #GoldInflation #CairoHistory #MamlukSultanate #IslamicPilgrimage #Hajj1324 #AlUmari #IbnBattuta #WestAfricanHistory #MedievalEconomy #DinarAndDrachma #TradeRoutes #TimbuktuScholars #NorthAfrica #HistoricalEconomics #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
