Its position was not like that of Qairawan, Fars, Cordoba, and Cairo in the Islamic world. The history of culture in this African world was linked to the history of this city. It began when the city arrived, and its strength grew with the growth and development of the city. Then it was subjected to what this spiritual center was subjected to from the injustices of occupation and its aftermath of disturbances and developments, until it finally came under French influence. For it was the beating heart of military activity, and scholars gathered in it from all over the Maghreb, Andalusia, Egypt, and the Hijaz. As well as those who came to it from all parts of the western Sudan. And what increased the fervor of the movement in its time was that it was not purely local in character, but rather it was a local entity that was connected to the general intellectual environments of the time. It was also advanced in its literacy, and it seems that Islamic culture had permeated it before its prince embraced Islam, as it is understood from the history of Sudan that its prince, when he decided to embrace Islam, gathered all the scholars who were in the land of the city, and they embraced Islam at his hands (pp. 11, 12). A group of them then became active in trade and expanded their foothold in Islamic culture. And the first to appoint judges to judge between people according to Islamic Sharia was Al-Hajj Muhammad Askia, and then it was consolidated and strengthened thereafter. From Al-Sa'di and his book: History of Sudan - Abd al-Rahman. The full name mentioned in the book is Sheikh Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Imran al-Amiri (or al-Sa'di) (d. 1087 AH / 1677 AD). From his name, it is clear that all his ancestors had Arabic names, yet we are not entitled to conclude definitively that he was of pure Arab descent. In that era, it was customary for Muslims