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The conquest of Mali was with the aim of securing the moroocan slave trade, its failiure is what led to the trans atlantic slave route taking priority over the trans saharan one. Places like the ivory coast literally rewired their trades from going to timbuktu to instead going to the atlantic. With the trans saharan lines reinforced and the portuguese atlantic traders undercut by corsairs, a lack of slaves will not be a problem.I don't think there will be enough slaves or enough arable land in the Maghreb to sustain this.
(You need a thriving chattel slave trade to have an industrial revolution)
Maybe this was Islam's industrial revolution, and hardly anyone noticed.
Like this is not a plausiable ah, its fantasy magic steampunk empire wanking which has a place in ah, but doesnt really survive examination.