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Scholars of Sankóre
Mansa Muna I made many improvements to the mosque after visiting Mecca circa 1324. Scholars were staffed to cover many fields of study and increasing the schools visibility to the Islamic world were of his top contributions. Under Askia Daoud, the number of facilities increased to 180, thus increasing the number of scholars present at the school. Each building was assigned one ulema (or scholar), for a total of 180 scholars present at the Sankore Madrasah at the time of Askia Daoud rule. Scholars of Snakore wrote their texts as part of a socioeconomic based scholarship. The profits made from their writings was significant.

The mosque and University had many significant scholars teach courses there, some of which include; Abu Abdallah, Ag Mohammed ibn Utman, Ag Mohammed Ibn Al-Mukhtar An-Nawahi, to name a few. . The most notable scholar being Ahmad Bamba, who alone wrote over 60 texts over a range of subjects and served as the final chancellor of Sankore. He, like many of the University's notable professors, was educated at an Islamic university and followed the Maliki school of Islamic philosophy .. These scholars were also members of the Qadiri Sufi Order. Mohammed Bagayogo As-Sudane Al-Wangari Al-Timbukti was another significant scholar who conferred an honorary doctorate while on his holy pilgrimage in Cairo.