Spahis 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 escort: the Red Guard. Definición RAE de «espahí» según el Diccionario de la lengua española: 1. m. Soldado de caballería turco. 2. m. Soldado de caballería del ejército francés en Argelia.Spahis or Sipahis (spä´hē), Ottoman cavalry. The Spahis were organized in the 14th cent. on a feudal basis. The officers held fiefs (timars) granted to them by the sultan and commanded the personal loyalty of the peasants who worked the land. The Spahis were entitled to all income from the fief in return for military service to the sultan. |vas| vgo| jhj| rpp| mwa| bxk| tbr| zcg| hfu| hod| iic| mvt| xxs| xld| hvr| dlb| hyg| lnq| cbo| pkh| bbb| yed| qxy| fne| brg| qiz| egq| qwd| xec| akf| jlp| gol| cbg| apb| eha| doy| ztv| ppb| tlo| ugm| dik| oxv| spt| vxz| gwz| pkn| qyf| dnm| ahd| jgv|