المعاملات التجارية الصحراوية بين المغرب الأقصى و بلاد السودان الغربي 16 ) م - 10 ) ه/ ( 14 - ق (

Abstract

This article deals with the Saharan trade relations between the Maghreb al-Aqsa (Extreme West) and Western Sudan during the (08-10) H / (14-16) century AD, which were based on the barter system that developed into coin minting, and the determination of the value of goods by Pieces of iron then by the shells cowries which deposit they became determining the value of gold in the Sudanese markets, and on the basis of this, the value of currencies was standardized, And in 10th Century AH the agency system was created by Maghrebians, which developed the commercial movement. And I touched on: First: The status of the trade balance, as I found that the scale initially shifted in favor of Maghrebians traders for their monopoly on the markets between the 14th and 16th centuries AD, after which it became in favor of the rulers of Western Sudan for imposing fees and excises on merchants until the arrival of the Saadian Maghrabians and their plundering of gold and transporting it to Maghreb al- Aqsa. Second: The types of exchanged goods that were associated with the three interconnected (gold - salt - slaves), in addition to dates, the horse, the Susi shirt and others. Third: The most important arab commercial families and their role in the flourishing of desert commercial stations between Maghreb al-Aqsa and Western Sudan, similar to the Al-Maqri family, which established the first commercial company that linked the two parties in the 10th AH / 16th AD