Historical figures in Timbuktu
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1325 to 2006. The most recorded lives are Amadou Toumani Touré, Muammar Gaddafi and Ibn Battuta. Among them Business Leaders, Explorers and Writers, across the Middle Ages and the Space Age.
Notable people
Amadou Toumani Touré
from 2003 to 2006
2 moments here
Malian army officer and politician known as ATT. He led Mali’s 1991–1992 democratic transition, served as elected president from 2002 until his 2012…
Ibn Battuta
in 1353
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Mansa Musa
in 1325
1 moment here
Mansa Musa (c. 1280–c. 1337), also known as Musa I of Mali, was mansa of the Mali Empire. The securely documented movements of his life are…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2006
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Moments
- 1325 Return visit to Timbuktu Mansa Musa
- 1353 Stays in Timbuktu Ibn Battuta
- 2003 Meeting with Chirac in Timbuktu Amadou Toumani Touré
- 2006 Road journey to Timbuktu with Qadhafi Amadou Toumani Touré
- 2006 Mawlid observance in Timbuktu Muammar Gaddafi