Tujjar as-Sultan (original) (raw)

Tujjār as-Sultān (Arabic: تجّار السلطان, lit. "Merchants of the Sultan") were an elite group of official Jewish merchants in the service of the sultan of Morocco, responsible for much of the kingdom's long-distance trade. The institution of Tujjār as-Sultān was established in the Saadi period (1510–1659). Men such as , , and Samuel Pallache also served the Makhzen in diplomatic roles.