Editing Ismail Ibn Sharif (section)

==== Defensive organisation ====
{{further|Kasbah of Moulay Ismail}}
By the end of his reign, Ismail had built more than 76 [[kasbah]]s and military posts throughout his territory. Each kasbah was defended by a force of at least 100 soldiers drawn from the jaysh tribes or the Black Guard.<ref group="Arc" name="Volume XXVIII 25"/> Moroccan forces were stationed in all the major cities and provincial capitals. For example, there were 3,000 Cheraga, 4,500 Sherarda, and 2,000 Udaya stationed around Fez, which formed a defensive cordon against the unsubjugated Berber tribes in the area.<ref name="M. Peyron">{{Cite encyclopedia|author=M. Peyron|title=Guich|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopédie berbère]]|year=1999|volume=21|issue=21|pages=3236–3238|doi=10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.1814|url=http://encyclopedieberbere.revues.org/1814|access-date=7 October 2015|doi-access=free}}.</ref>

The kasbahs ensured the defence of the eastern border, where there was a heavy Moroccan military presence, but they also protected the main lines of communication within the kingdom and facilitated the control of unsubjugated tribes,<ref group="Arc" name="Volume XXVIII 26">{{harvnb|id=Volume XXVIII|Archives marocaines, volume XXVIII|1931|p=26}}.</ref> by continuously raiding them.<ref group="Arc" name="Volume XXVIII 28">{{harvnb|id=Volume XXVIII|Archives marocaines, volume XXVIII|1931|p=28}}.</ref>