Trading gold and salt have proved to be the most profitable. Where did Mansa Musa wealth go? A mosque would be built in today's Mali on this territory after Musa completed his Hajj in today's Mali.

Mansa Musa left all this money to people on the street, but he also used it to buy souvenirs. His most famous mosque is the Djinguereber Mosque, which is said to have been built every Friday during ...

Getty Images Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a ...

The centuries-old Djingareyber mosque of Timbuktu is one of many built during Mansa Musa’s reign. (Reuters pic) Historians write of a retinue of tens of thousands of soldiers and servants ...

He also built the legendary Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, pictured below, which still stands. After reigning for 25 years, Mansa Musa died in 1337. He was succeeded by his son, Maghan I.

Musa turned Sankore mosque into a university and filled it ... Musa Keita became the new Mansa and was called Mansa Musa. Mansa Musa built many schools, universities and libraries, in cities ...

Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire, is widely regarded as the richest man in history. He was exceptionally wealthy to an extent that historians have struggled to quantify it accurately.

It is the earliest surviving map to depict Mansa Musa, the ruler of Mali ... he met on his travels, he built repositories of knowledge — Djinguereber Mosque and Sankoré Madrasa University ...

Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a centre of ...

Getty Images Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a ...