Amidst the atmosphere of tension in the global market, there is a huge jump in the prices of gold these days. It is believed that in the coming time, gold prices can also be Rs 1 lakh per 10 grams. In such a situation, if someone has 1 tola-2 tola gold, then what to say about it. But do you know that there has been an incident in history, when the economy of a country was drowned due to immense gold reserves, which took 12 years to get into the track.
The story is 1324 AD. When the Egyptian economy was disturbed due to gold. The 9th ruler of the Mali Empire there was Mansa Moses, who had a lot of money in that era. He left for 60 thousand people, 12 thousand slaves, 500 horses and 80 camels in 1324 AD. The horses and camels running with him were loaded with gold. When he reached the Egyptian capital Cairo, he distributed gold openly to the people of Kairo. Had to sleep in every hand. Be rich or poor. However, this gold flood immersed the economy there. People had gold, but there were no goods to buy. Inflation in Cairo touched the sky. There was a slowdown in the country, which took 12 years to recover again.
According to the British Museum, Mali had half of the world gold at that time. Mansa Moses gave a new color to Timbaktu. His wealth was so much that it is difficult to guess it properly today. The dominance of the gardener in Catalan Atlas of 1375 AD clearly reflects. In this, Mansa Moses is shown on the throne. He has a gold ball in one hand, a gold rod in the other. Moses ruled the gardener for 25 years. Historians say that there is no estimate of his property.
