Editing Mali Empire (section)

===Imperial Regalia===
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The Mansas of Mali used several symbols to demonstrate their power and influence. A red banner struck with a golden disc, referred to as the 'Mali djondjon' or the 'Sun Banner' of Sundiata, appears in oral histories of his coronation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kamissoko |first1=Wa |last2=Cisse |first2=Youssouf Tata |title=Soundjata: la Gloire du Mali |date=2009|url = https://shs.cairn.info/soundjata-la-gloire-du-mali--9782811102616?lang=fr|access-date = 7 October 2024|p = 53}}</ref> Written sources have Mansa Musa using a similar banner, 'with yellow symbols (''shi’ār'') on a red background', during his visit to Cairo, as well as a parasol.{{sfn|Gomez|2018|p=115}}

Ibn Battuta records the Mansa using golden and silver lances as imperial regalia. Other royal items included a ruler's cap, slippers, arrows, and bow. The material of which they were made indicated the rank of the holder: gold was the highest, and reserved for the Mansa, followed in descending order by silver, brass, iron, and wood. The rulers of [[Kaabu]] held a silver lance, for example, while the king of [[Guinala]], one of their subordinates, held a bow and arrows of iron.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Buhnen |first1=Stephen |title=In Quest of Susu |journal=History in Africa |date=1994 |volume=21 |page=46}}</ref>