Who ruled the Mali Empire during Ibn Battuta’s visit?

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Engraving of Ibn Battuta in Egypt, standing on a decorated stone block with another man, overlooking ancient Egyptian columns and palm trees in the background. — Ibn Battuta Ibn Baṭṭūṭah (right) with an Egyptian man in Egypt.

During his visit to the Mali Empire in 1352, Ibn Battuta encountered the empire while it was at the height of its power under the rule of Mansa Sulayman.1