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Musa II of Mali

Mansa of Mali

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ3029215 ↗
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Musa II was the mansa of the Mali Empire from 1374 to 1387.

Musa II took the throne following the death of his father, Mansa Mari Diata II. He turned away from the tyrannical practices of his father, but was sidelined by a powerful vizier named Mari Djata. During his reign the eastern provinces centered around Gao began to split off from the empire. A war with the Berbers for control of Gao devastated the city. Mari Djata's troops, however, laid siege to Takedda (or, according to another interpretation, Tadmekka) and forced a peace deal.

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“Musa II of Mali” enters the record as mansa of Mali. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Musa, Mali and Mansa can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1374, 1387—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Musa, Mali and Mansa.
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This entry incorporates text from “Musa II of Mali” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.