LIkhulu le-14 le-Arabhu lilandisa ngamahemuhemu. Ngaphesheya koGwadule lwaseSahara, umbusi omnyama, uMansa Moussa nenkantolo yakhe badabula amazwe amaSulumane ohambweni lokuya eMecca, behlala enhlokodolobha yezwe lamaSulumane ngaleso sikhathi, iCairo. Kunikezwe ngezipho zegolide neziligugu, lokhu kukhonjiswa kwamandla nezimpawu kwembulela izwe lamaSulumane, elizanyazanyiswa ngamandla emihambima yamathafa asemaqeleni ase-Asia emaphakathi eMongolia, ukuthi ukusabalala kwesambulo sikaMuhammad kwakhile umhlaba ongemuva futhi ingumthombo oyinhloko wokulethwa kwemibuso ngegolide nasezigqileni.