How Did Mansa Musa Come To Mecca?

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Mecca is a very important place for the Muslim society, and all true Muslims end up visiting Mecca on a hajj, or pilgrimage. Mansa Musa brought tens of thousands of people onto his hajj with him, but it was all for good reason. Mansa Musa, the ridiculously rich, greedy, and noble king of Mali, took years to cross from Niani, the capital of the empire of Mali, to Mecca, a city in Saudi Arabia said to be the birth of the Islam religion, but Mansa Musa made sure his hajj was not just for religious purposes.

Every true Muslim must go on a pilgrimage, called a hajj, in their lifetime, even people as famous as Mansa Musa. Mansa Musa’s hajj was not just for religious purposes, he did some peculiar things on/with the journey. He brought

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