The military Governor passed by on horseback, preceded by a mounted soldier, and followed by two more soldiers and by a Spahi, whose red jacket gleamed against the white coat of his prancing stallion.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
"Sous-officier of Spahi cavalry," I said, smiling.
"The Maids of Paradise"
Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Spahi, men of arms of the Court and the city, ten thousand, at twenty-five aspers, and maketh of English money, five hundred forty and seven thousand and five hundred pounds.
"Voyager's Tales"
Richard Hakluyt