Template:Did you know nominations/Sulayman of Mali

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 21:03, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Sulayman of Mali

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... that unlike his famously generous brother Mansa Musa, Mansa Sulayman of Mali was considered a miser? Source: "The same traveller [Ibn Battuta] met Sulayman and noted that the people hated him because of his parsimony in contrast to the generosity of his brother Mansa Musa" (Levtzion 1973: Ancient Ghana and Mali, p. 67); referring to Ibn Battuta's statements "He is a miserly king from whom no great donation is to be expected" and "The Sudan disliked Mansa Sulayman on account of his avarice...Mansa Musa was virtuous and generous." (translated in Levtzion and Hopkins 2000: Corpus of early Arabic Sources for West African history; pp. 289, 295)
- Comment: My first nomination

5x expanded by Ornithopsis (talk). Self-nominated at 00:07, 8 April 2022 (UTC).

Excellent work! The article and hook are interesting, impeccably sourced. Nomination is new enough and no QPQ necessary due to first-time nom. Al Ameer (talk) 06:49, 13 April 2022 (UTC)