Mansa Musa's Journey to Mecca and Its Effect on Malian Empire

In the book Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali Mecca was a city of Saudi Arabia which was a holy spot where the Muslims yearly heavily assembled called the Hajj happens. It is trusted that a Muslim should take a visit at this heavenly spot at any rate once in his or her lifetime. Being a Muslim Mansa Musa a realm of the medieval kingdom of Mali additionally made such a vital visit to Mecca amid his rule. On his journey it is said that he conveyed a ton of gold with him, and he spent it extravagantly. However, the gold was spent in such a way, the consequence of his journey was of incredible essentialness to his kingdom. It got an extraordinary change to his realm. Yet at the same time his luxurious spending of gold got a negative effect Egypt. This paper will break down Mansa Musa's journey to Mecca by talking about its favorable circumstances and its inconveniences. I will begin by examining the points of interest that this journey brought into the Malian Kingdom. These preferences were the acknowledgment of Mali in different nations which added to exchange, the fortifying of Islam and the advancement of training. After that I will examine about its burdens which are spending gold to the detriment of Malians and furthermore the effect that it conveyed to Egypt's gold exchange.

To start, with Mansa Musa's journey is considered as one of the best in the medieval occasions. Rose E. Dunn (2004) has underscored this view by expressing that 'The hajj of Mansa Musa entirety's up Mali's vital spot among the kingdoms of Africa and Asia in Ibn Battuta's time'. Clearly his journey to Mecca was extremely essential to his kingdom. From his journey and the spending of gold made Mali to be perceived outside of Africa as one of the most extravagant and most noteworthy kingdoms of that time. This acknowledgment may have prompted the foundation of political associations with Europeans and the Middle Eastern nations, which may have encouraged its gold exchange. From those connections Mali had the capacity to make new exchanging ties that could have expanded his realm's riches. Dunn (2004) has noticed that Mansa Musa's rule came at a period that the relations with the Muslim dealers and with the conditions of North Africa were especially vital attributable to the solid market for gold. In this manner, from his journey he more likely than not presented Mali to these Muslim shippers and the North Africans, in this manner they may have made new exchanging accomplices. Likewise by having many exchanging relations, it might imply that the kingdom of Mali's gold exchange may have been fortified. From those exchange incomes Mali turned into a prosperous kingdom.

Notwithstanding exchange, the other noteworthy thing that Musa's journey conveyed to his kingdom was the fortifying of Islam. It has been expressed that 'Mansa Musa was normally an incredible most loved of Muslim conclusion, both in Mali and the more extensive Islamic world'. So Musa being a pioneer who was focused on Islam helped in spreading and fortifying this religion in his kingdom. Regardless of the way that Islam was presented in Mali before Musa's rule, yet after his journey Islam turned out to be solid there. His journey may demonstrate that he was a given Muslim who needed to get others en route to change over to Islam. One way that Mansa Musa helped in spreading Islam was through his liberality amid his journey. When he was spending the gold, numerous individuals could have been pulled in by his thoughtfulness and may have been moved to pursue his religion. In addition the job that he took in structure the mosques in Mali might be proof that he needed to reinforce Islam there. As indicated by the BBC's account of Africa about Mali, it expresses that Mansa Musa's riches was spent forever in the structure of mosques in Gao and Timbuktu. This may imply that Musa was devoted at Islam, and thus those Mosques could have gone about as an instrument to convince and urge more individuals to pursue the Islamic religion.

Additionally, his journey helped his realm in advancing instruction. Mansa Musa turned Mali in turning into a focal point of learning. As indicated by the sound about 'Domains of Mali and Songhai' Mansa Musa on his way from the journey he carried with him Arab researchers and Architectures, who helped in structure the University of Timbuktu which adjusted the Islamic lessons. This may have made Timbuktu one of that period's best taking in focal point of which researchers from everywhere throughout the world could come to contemplate. Likewise for him [Mansa] to have adjusted Islamic lessons in his Kingdom, it might have additionally assumed a job in the fortifying and impacted the Islamic religion and culture.

In spite of the fact that the Malian Empire profited by his journey, his free spending of the gold may have made the individuals who profited to profit to the detriment of his kin. It has been expressed that 'The Cairenes made inestimable advantages out of him and his suite in purchasing and selling and giving and taking'. From this it tends to be seen that for the individuals who got that free gold had the capacity to put resources into that equivalent gold which consequently gave them a great deal of benefits. Be that as it may, in the event that it were not for his free spending those benefits could have been made by his kin. Besides from his rich spending of gold, it influenced the Egyptian gold market. Dunn (2004) expressed that Mansa Musa's spending of gold influenced the Egypt's gold esteem and it made its value fall. From this it tends to be seen that Egypt truly experienced Musa's journey, and this may have made the abundance of Egypt decay. Also, it is said that it took over 10 years to settle the economy of Egypt.

In outline, it has been seen that Musa's journey rolled out a critical improvement in his Kingdom. From that journey Mali was common known and it made political associations with European and Arab countries. What's more, in these relations they set up exchanging attaches that empowered Mali to aggregate more riches. Aside from that Musa's journey demonstrated that he was devoted to the Islamic religion, and after his journey he helped in fortifying this religion in his Kingdom. He did that by structure mosques in Mali's urban areas. Besides Musa advanced instruction in his Kingdom by conveying Arab researchers who helped him to fabricate the Universities which made its Capital Timbuktu turning into the focal point of Islamic learning. Nonetheless, his spending of the gold left a negative effect in Egypt's gold market and Egypt's economy wound up flimsy for over 10 years. So his journey profited his kin in the meantime it influenced different states. In spite of the fact that that is the situation, Mansa Musa left a heritage that will at present be recollected in Mali or Islam as well as in the World history.