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Spahis
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(in Persian Sipari, meaning warriors, and synonymous with Sepoy) originally the holders of fiefs in Central Asia who yielded personal military service to their superior chief. In time the term came to be applied to the soldiery furnished in their own stead. A similar institution existed in Turkey, and the "Spahis" were the light irregular cavalry which from the time of Sultan Amurath I. (1326) down to the beginning of the 19th century formed the flower of the Turkish army; at one period they are estimated to have numbered 1 3 0,000. "Spahis" is the term now applied to certain native cavalry regiments in Algiers and Tunis, officered by Frenchmen.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Spahis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/spahis.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Spahis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/spahis.html. 1910.
