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The Negroland of the Arabs examined and explained

Note 116 — MALI.—The Extinction of Ghánah.

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Mansá Músa منسا موسي is styled the King of Tekrúr by Makrízí, who relates his visit to Egypt on his way to Mekkah, and describes the wealth and pompous retinue of the Negro king, in language to which even that author’s great reputation will hardly secure implicit credit. See Not. et Extr. tom. XII. p. 637.

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