Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from

Aaron Manky, listener discretion advised.

Hey guys, this is Dana Schwartz, the host of the podcast Noble Blood. First, just

thank you so much for listening. Before the episode, just a few quick announcements.

I have a book coming out in February called Immortality, a Love Story. It's a

sequel to my last book Anatomy, a Love Story, which is about a young woman who's a

surgeon in 1800 Scotland. And if you like this podcast, I really think you would like

it. Check it out and please, if you're an all-interested pre-order Immortality

Love Story, all the links are in the episode description along with links to

official Noble Blood merch and the Noble Blood Patreon where I post episode

scripts and have access to monthly bonus episodes. But as always, the best

support is just listening to the show. I am so grateful we've officially made

100 episodes of the show and it just feels so surreal. So thank you so much for

your interest in history and for joining me on this journey and let's do a hundred

more.

In July of the year 1324, the citizens of Cairo were waiting. For weeks,

conversation in the city had been dominated by the imminent arrival of one man.

Though by this point, man hardly seemed inadequate enough term to encompass a

figure as impressive as the fabled Malian Sultan, Monsa Musa. Tales of his

exploits had started as simple rumor, singular whispers carried over desert roads

by merchants and scholars. Each story eventually stitched together in ports of

trade until their subject became more myth than man. He was said to be passing

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