MaSloughi pakutanga akabva kugreyhounds eNorth African Bedouins. Nokudaro, nhoroondo yaro inodzokera shure kwezviuru zvemakore.
Panguva iyoyo akanga ari shamwari yakatendeka yevagari vomurenje uye akabatsira, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, nokuvhima, umo akaumba boka revatatu nerukodzi uye muvhimi, aitasva bhiza. Kutaura chokwadi, rudzi urwu rwakatangira mudunhu reMaghreb, rinosanganisira yemazuva ano Morocco, Algeria, neTunisia.
Sezvo Sloughi yaikwanisa kuvhima mhuka nekuda kwekumhanya kwayo uye nekudaro ichipa nyama yevaBedouin, yainzi "yakachena" mutsika dzechiArab mukupesana nedzimwe imbwa. Kunyange nanhasi, rudzi rwegreyhound runofarirwa zvikuru munyika dzakadai seMarroko, kunyange zvazvo kuvhima kwechinyakare kusingawanzoitwa.