Black Guard
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The Black Guard or ʿAbīd al-Bukhārī were the corps of sub-Saharan African slaves and Haratin slave-soldiers assembled by the 'Alawi sultan of Morocco, Isma‘il ibn Sharif. They were called the "Slaves
The sultan of Morocco with the Black Guard, 1862 painting by Eugène Delacroix
Isma‘il ibn Sharif's mother was a black concubine and members of the Black Guard may have been motivated by a "racial solidarity" with Isma‘il.
A Moroccan Guard by Stefano Ussi
Moroccan Black Guards in 1926
Muhammad al-Bukhari
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī was a 9th-century Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of Sunni Islam. Al-Buk
Black Guard
…The Black Guard or ʿAbīd al-Bukhārī (Arabic: عبيد البخاري, lit. 'Slaves of al-Bukhārī') were the corps of sub-Saharan African slaves and Haratin slave-soldiers assembled by the 'Alawi sultan of Morocco, Isma‘il ibn Sharif (reigned…
Imam al-Bukhari International Center, Samarkand
Al-Bukhari's travels seeking and studying hadith.