Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

SPAHIS (in Persian Sipari, meaning wa...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 527 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

SPAHIS (in See also:Persian Sipari, meaning warriors, and synonymous with See also:Sepoy) originally the holders of fiefs in Central See also:Asia who yielded See also:personal military service to their See also:superior See also:chief. In See also:time the See also:term came to be applied to the soldiery furnished in their own See also:stead. A similar institution existed in See also:Turkey, and the " Spahis " were the See also:light irregular See also:cavalry which from the time of See also:Sultan Amurath I. (1326) down to the beginning of the 19th See also:century formed the See also:flower of the See also:Turkish See also:army; at one See also:period they are estimated to have numbered 130,000. " Spahis " is the term now applied to certain native cavalry regiments in See also:Algiers and See also:Tunis, officered by Frenchmen.

End of Article: SPAHIS (in Persian Sipari, meaning warriors, and synonymous with Sepoy)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
SPAGNA, LO (d. –c. 1529) 		[next]
SPAIN

Site © 2006 - Net Industries