The first is the account of Shihab al-Din ibn Fadl Allah al -'Umari, written about 1340 by a he hajj, or pilgrim's voyage to Mecca.
The first is the account of Shihab al-Din ibn Fadl Allah al -'Umari, written about 1340 by a geographer-administrator in Egypt. His information about the empire came from visiting Malians taking the hajj, or pilgrim's voyage to Mecca.