Musa II was mansa of the Mali Empire from 1374 to 1387.
Musa II took the throne following the death of his father, Mansa Mari Diata II. He turned away from the tyrannical practices of his father, but was dominated by a powerful vizier named Mari Djata. During his reign the eastern provinces centered around Gao began to split off from the empire. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his brother Maghan II..[1]
^Gomez, Michael (2018). African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780691177427.
MusaII was mansa of the Mali Empire from 1374 to 1387. MusaII took the throne following the death of his father, Mansa Mari Diata II. He turned away...
Mansa Musa (reigned c. 1312 – c. 1337) was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Musa's reign is often...
wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita). At its peak, Mali was the largest empire in West Africa, widely influencing the culture of the...
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c. 1359) was mansa of the Mali Empire during the middle of the 14th century. He was the brother of Mansa Musa and succeeded Musa's son Magha as mansa...
Maghan II was a mansa of the Mali Empire from 1387 to 1389. He was the son of Mansa Mari Diata II and the brother of Mansa MusaII. Tunisian historian...
marked the beginning of the decline of the Mali Empire. Jata was the son of Mansa Maghan, and as such the grandson of Mansa Musa. Jata may be the same...
Ibn Khaldun, Sandaki Mari Djata even tossed MusaII in jail keep him out of the way. During this time, Mali's eastern provinces were in open rebellion....
It is also possible that Mali's control of Gao varied over time, with Mansa Uli, Sakura, and Musa able to secure control of it but control lapsing under...
and Keita becomes a clan name. A couple of generations after him, his great-nephew, Mansa Musa Keita I ofMali, made a celebrated pilgrimage to Mecca....
patronage of Mansa Musa, the wealthy ruler of the Mali Empire, served as a testament to the city's prosperity during this golden age. Mansa Musa's legendary...
II (1310–1312) Kankan Musa I (1312–1337) Maghan (1337–1341) Suleyman (1341–1360) Kassa (1360) Mari Diata II (1360–1374) MusaII (1374–1387) Magha II (1387–1389)...
Manding Diara, Lion ofMali, Sogolon Djata, son of Sogolon, Nare Maghan and Sogo Sogo Simbon Salaba) was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire. He was also...
Starting out as a seasonal settlement, Timbuktu was in the kingdom ofMali when it became a permanent settlement early in the 12th century. After a shift...
of Sunjata. Chapter 6, "Mansā Mūsā and Global Mali", focuses on Mansā Mūsā and his famous pilgrimage to Mecca, which generated an extensive body of primary...
grandsons Musa and Suleyman ruled the Mali Empire at the apex of its power and prestige, and he is often erroneously cited as Mansa Abu Bakr II. Mande Bori...
brother, Shaikh Hussain Jalayir. MusaII succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (modern-day Mali and Senegal). Robert de Juilly...
Mali Empire. Mali conquered Gao near the end of the 13th century. Gao remained under Malian command until the late 14th century. As the Mali Empire started...
southeast of Mauritania and western Mali. It is uncertain when Ghana's ruling dynasty began among historians. The first identifiable mention of the imperial...
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