Spahi
![1st Spahis flag guard in the Bastille Day Military Parade](/Images/godic/202502/12/1st_Spahis_standard_guard_Bastille_Day_20085155.jpg")
![Spahi officer (c.1880)](/Images/godic/202502/12/Spahi_-_18805155.jpg")
![Algerian Spahi trooper (c.1900)](/Images/godic/202502/12/Spahi_-_19005155.jpg")
![Spahi uniform ca. 1960 as worn by French maréchal des logis-chef. Note distinctive North African burnous.](/Images/godic/202502/12/Spahi-img_10295155.jpg")
Spahis (French pronunciation: [spa.i]) 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.