A Sloughi poyambirira adachokera ku greyhounds a Bedouin aku North Africa. Motero, mbiri yake imabwerera zaka zikwi zingapo zapitazo.
Pa nthawiyo anali mnzake wokhulupirika wa anthu okhala m'chipululu ndipo anathandiza, mwa zina, ndi kusaka, kumene anapanga gulu la atatu ndi mphako ndi mlenje, amene ankakwera pa kavalo. Kunena zowona, mtunduwo udachokera kudera la Maghreb, lomwe limaphatikizapo Morocco, Algeria, ndi Tunisia.
Popeza Sloughi ankatha kusaka nyama chifukwa cha liwiro lake ndipo motero amapereka nyama kwa a Bedouin, ankaonedwa kuti ndi "woyera" mu chikhalidwe cha Chiarabu kusiyana ndi agalu ena. Ngakhale lero, mtundu wa greyhound umakonda kutchuka kwambiri m'mayiko monga Marroko, ngakhale kuti kusaka kwachikhalidwe sikuchitika kawirikawiri.