Judar, an Andalusian mercenary in the employ of the Moroccan sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578–1603), was commissioned to lead a force to conquer the Songhay Empire of the middle Niger River. Having departed Marrakesh late in 1590 with 4,000 soldiers and more ...

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