Mansa Musa in Cairo
“The Mamluk capital, July 1324. The Malian emperor enters Cairo on his hajj with five hundred slaves bearing gold staves. Foreground shows camels laden with gold dust and freshly minted dinars rolling under merchants' fingers; midground reveals the sultan al-Nasir's emissaries bowing; the citadel and minarets of Sultan Hassan rise above palms in afternoon haze.”
