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Scholars from the Arab world flocked to Timbuktu, and the city was adorned with mosques and a university. Perhaps the greatest achievement of Mansa Musa’s journey was the knowledge he obtained.

The Timbuktu mosque has nine rows of square pillars, providing prayer space for 2,000 people. Cordova’s mosque is supported by similar rows of pillars supporting graceful Moorish arches.

The Timbuktu mosque has nine rows of square pillars, providing prayer space for 2,000 people. Cordova’s mosque is supported by similar rows of pillars supporting graceful Moorish arches.

Timbuktu used to attract a stream of tourists from Europe and America who’d come to see the magnificent 14th-century Djinguereber Mosque and go for camel tours in the desert.

Baba taught in Timbuktu's famed mosques. After opposing the conquest of Timbuktu in 1591 by the Moroccan sultan, Ahmed Al-Mansur, Ahmed Baba was deported to Morocco.

The city is the site of three major historic mosques: Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia. Although restored in the 16th century the three mosques are today threatened by advancing sand dunes.