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Turkey: A sipahi or member of the Light Turkish Cavalry. Miniature in Indian ink with gouache and some gilding, Istanbul 1657-58

Turkey: A sipahi or member of the Light Turkish Cavalry. Miniature in Indian ink with gouache and some gilding, Istanbul 1657-58

Sipahi was the name of several Ottoman cavalry corps. It was also the title given to several cavalry units serving in the French and Italian colonial armies during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.