ipl-logo

Mansa Musa's Journey

167 Words1 Page

Mansa Musa’s Journey

Why did Mansa Musa go on the Hajj? Mansa Musa was religious and he believed to follow the five pillars of Islam throughout his entire life, leading him to complete the Hajj to Mecca and give away money to the less fortunate during his journey.

Mansa Musa’s journey to Mecca was for religious reasons, “I came for the pilgrimage and nothing else. I do not wish to mix anything else with my pilgrimage.”(Document E) On his hajj he complete another pillar of Islam,called zakat.vZakat was alms and it was giving money to the poor and sick, he gave 24,000 pounds of gold out on his hajj. (Document A) On Mansa Musa’s hajj, he went to honor Muhammad. (Document D). He honored Muhammed because he was the god and wanted to

Show More
Related

  • How Did The Site Of Cultural Exchange Affect The Growth Of Mali?

    459 Words  | 2 Pages

    These warriors would eventually become a key part in the gold-salt trade, as they patrolled and controlled trade routes. Another important ruler was Mansa Musa. He was the second ruler of Mali, and he was extremely

    Read More

  • Anzaldua's Story: Personal Narrative

    186 Words  | 1 Pages

    Anzaldua story is familiar to my story in a way because of the experiences we have went through. Anzaldua sheds light on what she has been through in her essay. She has gone through some tough experiences at school, as did I. When I was smaller not only in school, but my life at home, it was hard because I never knew where I fit in. When I was with my father’s side of the family, whom are African American, it was hard because I was basically the only mixed child. All my cousins looked different from me and I did not know why.

    Read More

  • Sundiat An Epic Of Old Mali By Djibril Tamsir Niane

    1346 Words  | 6 Pages

    Just as he pleased the Muslim merchants to bolster trade, and the King of Mema to command troops, he pleased the spirits of ATR to strengthen his own

    Read More

  • Mansa Musa Dbq Questions And Answers

    380 Words  | 2 Pages

    Mansa Musa gave “alms [gifts of charity] to the poor,”(Doc D). Giving gifts to charity is the third pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam. The Five Pillars of Islam are five rules that every Muslim must follow. Therefore, Mansa Musa shows he gave gifts and goods to charity because it was part of his religion. In addition, Mansa Musa went on his journey to Mecca and nothing else to follow the

    Read More

  • How Did Jim Jones Contribute To Society

    265 Words  | 2 Pages

    His passion for his religion was a huge contribution in order for

    Read More

  • Reasons For The Journey Of Mansa Musa

    1012 Words  | 5 Pages

    In 1324 CE Mansa Musa embarked on one of the greatest journeys in history. The motives for his journey are obscure. He could’ve been trying to find atonement for the murder of his mother, or he could've been on a journey to elevate the position of the Mali empire on the world stage. One thing is for certain Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage was a turning point in the course of Mali’s influence over West Africa and the rest of the world. His hajj moved Mali into an Islamic state and using his newfound religious power and his vast resources he increased Mali’s influence over West Africa and integrated Mali into the wider world system.

    Read More

  • Malcolm X: Who Is El-Haj Malik El-Shabazz?

    1232 Words  | 5 Pages

    Who is El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz? No one knows him, but at the same time everyone does. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz is Malcolm X and although people may know what he has generally done throughout his lifetime and the impact he made, most don’t even know one the biggest factors of Malcolm X’s political fame. Malcolm X’s relation with Islam was one of the biggest factors in regards of his political stances and views. I will refer to Malcolm X as El-Shabazz in this essay to perpetuate the reality of Malcolm X being a Muslim.

    Read More

  • Mansa Musa Dbq Essay

    377 Words  | 2 Pages

    Mansa Musa Mansa Musa was a great and very wealthy leader of Mali. He is considered to be the greatest leader that Mali has ever had. But when Mansa Musa journeyed to Mecca with 60,000 other people, was it strictly for religion, or were there other motives for his journey? Clearly, he wanted to go not just for religion. There were other motivating factors.

    Read More

  • Mansa Musa Dbq Essay

    287 Words  | 2 Pages

    Mansa Musa was the wealthiest religious leader of all empires in Africa. During his era, people ventured on a religious pilgrimage in Africa. Mansa Musa was a monotheistic, Muslim leader who wanted to spread the Islam belief of one god and diminish the polytheistic faith while following the 5 Pillars from the Muslim holy book, the Koran, throughout his religious pilgrimage across Africa to the city of Mecca. During the pilgrimage, Mansa Musa combines many religious factors to inform and influence other people about Islam. On Mansa Musa's hajj, 60,000 people followed him (Document A).

    Read More

  • Ibn Battuta Influence On Religion

    170 Words  | 1 Pages

    Dunn suggests that Ibn Battuta was actively involved in four variant "streams of travel" at one time. As noted earlier, he was a Muslim pilgrim joining other believers who were making the hajj. Secondly, being devoted to Sufism (a mystical form of Islam), he traveled in order to visit important Sufi hermitages and to dialogue with Sufi holy men. Thirdly, he was a juridical scholar searching for knowledge as well as for the company of other such scholars throughout the Muslim World, not to mention a job for himself. Fourthly, Ibn Battuta had the necessary mobility to travel as "an educated adventurer" expecting to receive both generous hospitality and lucrative jobs from his hosts in areas of Asia and Africa where Islam was beginning to flourish

    Read More

  • Mansa Musa Dbq

    284 Words  | 2 Pages

    There are 5 pillars of Islam, one being a Hajj to Mecca, that Muslims take part in to prove that they are good Muslims. Mansa Musa went on a Hajj for his religion, but he had other intentions for participating in this journey. Mansa Musa was a very wealthy leader of Mali who decided to go on this pilgrimage to Mecca to complete one of the 5 pillars of Islam, and he gave some of his gold to people who lived in the cities along the way where salt was abundant and gold was very valuable. Mansa Musa went to Mecca for his religion, but had other motivating factors. Mansa Musa could have gone through Timbuktu, but instead he decided to go the longer route, through Taghaza and Walata.

    Read More

  • How Did Mansa Musa Influence North Africa

    211 Words  | 1 Pages

    Due to the gigantic amount of time he spent mixed with people of other religion and culture, Mansa Musa was able to leave a lot of influence that would impact, good or bad, the region for years to come. He indirectly created new trade routes for merchants to use while also promoting trade with Muslim merchants by inviting three descendants of Muhammad to live in Mecca. Due to the hajj, the Kingdom of Mali had very strong relationships with other kingdoms.

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Lord Chesterfield's Letter To His Son

    631 Words  | 3 Pages

    to

    Read More

  • Mansa Musa Religion

    1735 Words  | 7 Pages

    He was so secure in his power and rule that he did not hesitate to leave his kingdom in the rule of another while he preformed his pilgrimage. Even while on his journey he managed to command a large group of travelers with “100 loads of gold” (p. 60) on an incredibly long walk to Mecca. Today, there aren’t any leaders who could boast about having the same command, or being able to affect the price of a precious metal like gold. During his stay in Egypt Al-Umari writes that Mansa Musa “left no court amir nor holder of a royal office without the gift of a load of gold. The Cairenes made incalculable profits out of him and his suite in buying and selling and giving and taking.”

    Read More

  • Essay On Mansa Musa

    506 Words  | 3 Pages

    Mansa Musa was a Medieval African emperor who ruled over Mali from 1312-1337. He is most well-known for his pilgrimage to Mecca that happened in 1324. He was the first Muslim African ruler to make the pilgrimage. Mansa Musa doesn’t have a lot of information on his childhood. I do know that he was born into the Keita Dynasty and his parents were Fage and Laye.

    Read More

More about Mansa Musa's Journey

Open Document