5.+Mansa+Musa+and+his+Fabulous+Hajj

= Mansa Musa and his Great Hajj = Background paragraph In 1324 Mansa Musa began one of the greatest hajjs to Mecca ever. Taking 60,000 people and 80-100 camel loads of gold dust each weighing 300 pounds he made a fabulous hajj. On his hajj, Mansa Musa stopped in Cairo, Egypt and Medina. There he made very generous gifts of gold to every official in the cities. But by doing this, he both lost all of his gold and was forced to borrow gold from merchants, and practically ruined the gold market. Mansa Musa's hajj was well documented and became well know through out the world.

Facts.


 * The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam.
 * Mansa Musa's hajj was very grand.
 * Mali's empire was one of the wealthiest in the world.
 * His hajj he the biggest group of people that Africa had seen.
 * Mansa Musa took chiefs along to honor them and so they wouldn't get in the way of his son.
 * He entered Cairo in July, 1324.
 * He was as generous as he was religious.
 * He past Egypt again on his way back from the hajj.
 * 2 bad things happened to Mansa Musa on his hajj.
 * Gold was plentiful when Mansa Musa came.