التواصل بين بلاد المغرب و السودان الغربي من الفتح الإسلامي إلى ظهور الدويلات المستقلة بالمغرب(ق.1-2 ه-7-8 م)‎

الملخص EN

This article studies the relation between the Maghreb countries and Sudan during the two centuries of (1-2 AH/ 7-8 AD), that is, after the Maghreb enters a new era with the emergence of Islam.

The objective of this work is to try to find the roots of this relations and its early beginnings, and how did Muslims get to know the sub-Saharan Africa for the first time, starting with the Islamic conquests stage, As Uqba bin Nafi was the first to enter Sudan in his military campaigns, Then the stage that came after the end of the conquest, where the Umayyad governors in the Maghreb had showed their interest in Sudan.

Among the subjects treated in this article there is the linkage between pastoralism and trade, As well as the role of the nomadic pastoral tribes in facilitating exchange and stimulating trade through the services they provided to the merchants, which mainly consists in their knowledge of the roads and ways, and their knowledge of the languages spread in Sudan.