How was it possible for musa to depress the value of gold in egypt? how does this process work?

There are numerous sources claiming that Mansa Musa, King of Mali, was one of the richest people alive (#1, #2). Essentially, these claim that Musa was one of the richest people in the history of the world, and that the gold he took on his journeys caused significant inflation in Egypt:

Mansa Musa wasn't stingy about his wealth, either. He would frequently bestow gifts upon dignitaries he met with. On his stop in Cairo, he spent so much gold to the poor that he caused mass inflation.

Musa is known to have visited the Mamluk sultan of Egypt, Al-Nasir Muhammad, in July 1324. Despite his nature of giving, Musa's massive spending and generous donations created a massive ten year gold recession. In the cities of Cairo, Medina, and Mecca, the sudden influx of gold devalued the metal significantly. Prices of goods and wares became greatly inflated.

A previous question on SE also exists which relates to Mali in general (but not to this topic in specific), which further referenced a Time article that is no longer available on the same link. I found a BBC article with more or less similar info:

Mansa Musa left such a memorable impression on Cairo that al-Umari, who visited the city 12 years after the Malian king, recounted how highly the people of Cairo were speaking of him.

So lavishly did he hand out gold in Cairo that his three-month stay caused the price of gold to plummet in the region for 10 years, wrecking the economy.

US-based technology company SmartAsset.com estimates that due to the depreciation of gold, Mansa Musa's pilgrimage led to about $1.5bn (£1.1bn) of economic losses across the Middle East.

History.com seems to outdo the others with reference to detail:

From the markets of Cairo to royal offices to the impoverished people that crossed his path in Egypt, Musa’s generosity and purchase of foreign goods left the streets littered with gold—a resource that was greatly appreciated and in short supply. The people were thrilled—at least at first. Though well-intentioned, Musa’s gifts of gold actually depreciated the value of the metal in Egypt, and the economy took a major hit. It took 12 years for the community to recover.

However, a look at the Medieval Egypt related Wikipedia entries suggests that the origin of the problems was not as easily determined -- or, at least, does not highlight the Malian king as the clear source of these issues (was the Mamluk economy undergoing difficulties even without the Malian king's entry into Cairo?). That said, Wikipedia also doesn't describe the contention between al-Nasir Muhammad and Musa in nearly as much detail as the History.com article above did so perhaps it's light on detail. The mention, on Wiki's al-Nasir entry reads simply (#3):

Though the economy of Egypt flourished during the third reign of an-Nasir, there were financial problems and a rise in prices caused by the circulation of underweight and alloyed coins. An-Nasir minted a few thousands new coins to replace the spurious coins.

So, in light of this, I would like to ask whether the gold that was brought in by Mansa Musa really was the ultimate cause of Egypt's problems -- as most easily accessible reference documents seem to suggest -- and, further, what solutions did the Mamluk government employ to try and rectify the situation? Information on methods that they tried to employ but which did not succeed would be highly useful as well.

I should note that why I am trying to look into this is because Mansa Musa's case seems to be one of the earlier documented cases of (hyper)inflation.

One of the greatest caravans to ever cross the Sahara was led by Mansa Musa, the legendary ruler of the vast West African empire of Mali. In 1324 Musa embarked on a hajj, a religious pilgrimage to Mecca, traveling with an entourage that included 8,000 courtiers, 12,000 servants and 100 camel loads of pure gold.

“Each night when they stopped, it was like a whole town decamping in the desert,” said Gus Casely-Hayford, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, who spoke at the Caravans of Gold opening in January. “They took with them everything they needed in the desert, including a mobile mosque they would construct so the emperor could pray.”

Fourteenth century Arab historian Shihab al-‘Umari wrote that Mansa Musa “flooded Cairo with his benefactions. He left no court emir nor holder of a royal office without the gift of a load of gold. … They spent gold until they depressed its value in Egypt and caused its price to fall.”

Musa is believed to have been the richest person in history, even by today’s standards. His expansive kingdom included all or parts of modern-day Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad.

But “Musa didn’t just want wealth and power,” said Casely-Hayford. “He sought something more. He sought knowledge.”

When the emperor returned from Mecca to Timbuktu, he brought back scholars and an Andalusian architect from Cairo to build a great mosque — Djinguereber — an architectural masterpiece and one of most iconic buildings in Africa.

As the seat of Musa’s empire, Timbuktu drew scholars from all over the Islamic world to study in its libraries and universities. At its peak, the city could accommodate 25,000 students, and its archives held more than 800,000 manuscripts, according to Casely-Hayford.