Abstract
Mansi Musa is considered one of the greatest rulers of Western Sudan in general, and the rulers of the Mali Empire in particular. He took over its rule after a period of weakness and division, and restored its prestige and status, after eliminating his rivals and ending the rebellions of the desert tribes. During his rule, which lasted from the year (707-733 AH / 1312-1337 AD), he was able to impose his control over all the dependent regions. He also worked to communicate with the Islamic countries, in the Islamic Maghreb, Egypt, and the countries of the Hijaz, through the exchange of visits and embassies between him and the kings of those countries, in addition to the Hajj trip to the Grand Mosque, a trip that remained immortal in Islamic history. He also worked to bring in competent Arab engineers to create buildings for him in the Arab-Islamic style, such as Abu Ishaq Al-Sahili, and the jurist engineer Abu Abdullah Al-Fayoumi, and they created luxurious buildings for him, such as the Sankari Mosque, which later became one of the largest universities in Western Sudan.
