Today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest person in the world. But do you know that at one time there was a person in this world who was richer than Elon Musk, who had more wealth than Elon Musk. Today we will tell you who that person was and why he is called the richest person in the world.
Richest person
Today, the African country Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. Let us tell you that its GDP per capita is only 837 dollars. It is in the list of 47 least developed countries of the United Nation. But once it used to be the richest country in Africa. Its king Mansa Musa is considered the richest person in history. He had a wealth of about 415 billion dollars. This is much more than the world’s richest man Elon Musk (248 billion dollars).
According to the information, King Mansa Musa ruled Mali for 25 years from 1312 to 1337. In those days, Mali was a big producer of gold and half of the world’s supply came from this country. Traders from Egypt, Persia, Genoa and Venice used to come to Mali to buy gold.
Who was King Manusa?
Mansa Musa was born in 1280. His elder brother Mansa Abu Bakar ruled the Mali Empire until 1312, after which he went on a long journey, then Mansa Musa I took over the throne. Today’s Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad and Nigeria used to be part of Musa’s sultanate then. There used to be huge reserves of gold there. In those times, the demand for gold was very high and Musa had half of the world’s gold. He developed cities like Timbuktu and Gao, which were important cultural centers. During this time he brought architects from the Middle East and Africa, who designed the buildings in these cities.
Most gold
Let us tell you that King Mansa Musa had inherited wealth, but he made Mali the richest sultanate of Africa, he earned a lot from salt and gold as well as ivory. In 1324, when he left for Mecca via Egypt for Hajj, even today that journey is discussed all over the world. According to Arab historians, there were thousands of people and dozens of camels in his convoy. Each camel was loaded with 136 kg of gold. During the journey, Musa met the Sultan of Egypt in Cairo. His people had spent the gold like water, there was so much gold in Egypt that the price of gold kept falling for the next 12 years.
After returning from Hajj, Musa started giving a new look to his cities. During this period, mosques and other public buildings were built. Timbuktu emerged as a major center of Islamic education. During that time, Islamic scholars and architects from all over the world came to Mali. During that period, Mali’s status reached its peak in the world. After this, Musa died in 1337, but his sons were unable to run the empire. Slowly, his sultanate was divided into small pieces over time, today Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world."https://www.abplive.com/gk/do-you-get-the-full-amount-after-winning-the-lottery-when-did-lottery-start-in-india-2739403">National Lottery Day: What is the full amount received after winning the lottery, who is the lottery king of India?
