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Awlad al-balad
The awlad al-balad, meaning 'sons of the country', were the noble ruling elite of the Wadai Empire. They supplied the sultanate's standing cavalry. The sultans supplemented them with slave soldiers, whose personal loyalty to the ruler was more reliable.
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