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Mansa Musa One of Malis most famous muslim kings was Mansa Musa. Under his control the Mali reached its hights in wealth, fame, and, power in the 1300. Islam spread widely through a large part of west Africa. He ruled for about 25 years. during that time his armies captured timbuktu, and and Djenné they captured many more to. He took religion very seriously in 1324 he made a pilgrimage to mecca. he made a stop in Cairo. they say he arrived with more than 100 camels each carrying 300 pounds of gold. He gave away so much gold that it wasn't rare in Egypt any more even 10 years later! He also supported education to. he sent scholars to study in maracco. he wanted all muslims to be able to read the Qur'an. Arabic became the central language. Timbuktu became famous for there schools.