Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa and Mansa Sulayman were considered to be the last two great rulers of Mali. After their deaths/the end of their reign, Mali began to decline. After about 100 years, Mali had been overthrown and had fallen apart. Both of the ruler strongly believed in the Islamic religion, and also both made a pilgrimage to the Mecca. This affected how they controlled Mali, which is what made the two rulers similar. But, they also had their differences. The empire of Mali at the ruling of Mansa Musa and also at the rule of Mansa Sulayman was very religious. The Islamic religion could be shown through architecture, their society, and culture. Mali’s main source of money was made through trade, which started to decline after the two rulers had died. Both rulers had kept Mali in it’s height of power, so they were very similar with how wealthy, economically stable, and how much resources were available. …show more content…
One is that when Ibn Battuta traveled to Mali while it was under Sulayman’s reign, he noticed a lot of religion being practiced around the empire. It was much more noticeable than when Musa was reigning, all that was noticed from him was that they made a great pilgrimage to the Mecca. Battuta observed that they learned the Koran by heart and were very devoted to their religion by praying multiple times a day. Ibn Battuta also noticed that the crime in Mali during Sulayman’s reign was low, in his words, “The small number acts of injustice that one finds there...the sultan pardons no one who is guilty of it.” Another difference between the two rulers is that during Musa’s reign, he was more well known for making Mali so great. Sulayman was just known to continue that power and tried to great as it had been, he wasn’t the one to make it what it