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Mali Empire

empire in West Africa from c.1230 to 1670

14 dated entries naming Mali Empire, drawn from 12 separate years between 1234 CE and 1670 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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13th century

  • 1234The Manden region rises against the Kaniaga Kingdom. This is the beginning of a process that will lead to the rise of the Mali Empire.source
  • 1235Approximate date – Battle of Kirina: Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté, beginning the Mali Empire. By tradition, the Manden Charter, a constitution, is proclaimed in Kouroukan Fouga.source
  • 1236Kouroukan Fouga, the constitution of the Mali Empire, is created by an assembly of nobles of the Mandinka clan.source
  • 1280Mansa Musa, mansa of the Mali Empire (d. c.1337)source

14th century

  • 1324July 19 – (26 Rajab 724 AH) Mansa Musa, the extraordinarily-wealthy Emperor of Africa's Mali Empire, arrives in Cairo after three days of camping by the pyramids of Giza, and brings with him a large entourage of fellow Muslim pilgrims and a vast supply of gold. Musa, who is making the pilgrimage to Mecca, meets with Egypt's Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad and stays in Cairo for three months before departing with the pilgrims on October 18.source
  • 1324October 18 – (28 Shawwal 724 AH) After he and his entourage of Muslim pilgrims have stayed in Cairo for three months, the Emperor Mansa Musa of Africa's Mali Empire resumes the group's pilgrimage to Meccasource
  • 1353The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta makes the first recorded visit to Timbuktu and Kabara, when returning from a stay in the capital of the Mali Empire.source
  • 1374Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (modern-day Mali and Senegal).source
  • 1387Maghan II succeeds his brother, Musa II, as Mansa of the Mali Empiresource
  • 1389Sandaki overthrows Magha II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire.source
  • 1390Mahmud succeeds Sandaki as Mansa of the Mali Empire, restoring the Keita dynasty.source
  • 1390Sandaki Mari Djata, Mansa of the Mali Empiresource

17th century

  • 1645Bamana forces from Ségou invade the Mali heartland, destroying the Mali Empire after its 400 years as a unified state.source
  • 1670Niani, capital of the Mali Empire, is sacked by the Bambara people of the emerging Segou Empire.source

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