The role of Sudanese slaves in serving the Makhzen authority in Far Maghreb during the period of Ahmed Al-Mansour AlDhahabi (1578-1603 AD)

This study deals with an ancient social phenomenon, namely slavery, which is a tendency based on exploitation and the tyranny of man for his fellow man, and the history of the Far Maghreb throughout its various eras is not without the spread of the phenomenon of slaves in various aspects of economic and social life, and through this article, we will try to shed light on this category, in society during the period of the Saadian rule in Morocco, and precisely during the rule of Sultan Ahmed Mansour Al-Dhahabi (1578-1603 AD), as we will touch on how the slaves of Sudan entered Morocco, and we will try to highlight the roles The many things that this segment of society has done for the benefit of the sultan or the society itself, and we will also highlight the position of the scholars on the phenomenon of slavery.