Note 329 — Chapter IV · THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS AN ARMY
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All of these names are spelled with an ingenious variety in contemporary writings:—
Spahi: spai, spachi, sipahi, sipah, spacoillain (spahi-oghlan).
Silihdar: selicter, sillictar, sulastrus, suluphtar.
Ulufagi: holofagi, allophase.
Ghureba: caripy, caripicus, ciarcagi, caripp (oglan), gharib (oglan), capi (oglan)
The word Spahi is of identical derivation with Sepoy.