1) Algerian cavalryman 2) Algerian soldier 3) Algerian trooper 4) Cavalry man 5) Former Algerian cavalryman 6) Former Turkish cavalryman 7) Former Turkish soldier 8) French cavalryman 9) Old Turkish soldier 10) Turkish cavalryman
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Spahis (spa.i) were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The modern French Army retains one regiment of Spahis as an armoured unit, with personnel now recruited in mainland France. Senegal also maintains a mounted unit with spahi origins as a presidential es...
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• (n.) Alt. of Spahee
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feudal cavalryman of the Ottoman Empire whose status resembled that of the medieval European knight. The spahi (from Persian for `cavalryman`) was ... [6 related articles]
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Spa'hi Spa'hee noun [ Persian , Turk., & Hind. sipāhī : confer French spahi . See Seroy .] 1. Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry. 2. An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
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The Spahi were Turkish irregular cavalry soldiers characterised by their almost wild horses. They were formed in 1326 are reorganised by Moltke in 1835. The French army adopted the name and employed it for members of the Algerian and Tunisian cavalry regiments in the French army.
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