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Mouctar Cissé, a librarian at the Al Qadi private library in Timbuktu, where hundreds of ancient manuscripts ... possibly the world’s richest man and kingdom during the 14th century and one of the ...

He established Timbuktu as a successful city that drew students ... and slaves plus camels carrying gold. Great Mosque, Timbuctu, the oldest mosque south of the Sahara, attributed to Mansa Musa. Photo ...

A court-ordered survey of the 16th-century Jama Masjid, a Mughal-era mosque, in Moradabad's Sambhal, led to multiple deaths, arrests and a riot that brought the city to a grinding halt.

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Founded in the 18th century ... 4.0 Timbuktu is one of Africa’s most historically significant cities, home to the Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas. In fact, its three great mosques ...

As ruler of Mali during the 14th ... Timbuktu. But his ambitions went beyond territorial gains. He recognized the importance of education and scholarship. Under his reign, cities like Timbuktu ...