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Farfanes (sing. farfan) were soldiers hailing mostly from the Christian Iberian kingdoms in the later Middle Ages fighting as mercenaries for the various Muslim dynasties of the Western Mediterranean. Farfanes fought in the European fashion, in dense formations of either heavy cavalry or infantry under the command of a Christian European officer, the qadi. The phenomenon came to an end when Christian mercenaries were repatriated in the 15th century. The patronym "Farfán" is still relatively common in 21st-century Spanish-speaking countries and may be linked to these families which came back from the Maghreb.

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  • Farfanes (sing. farfan) were soldiers hailing mostly from the Christian Iberian kingdoms in the later Middle Ages fighting as mercenaries for the various Muslim dynasties of the Western Mediterranean. Farfanes fought in the European fashion, in dense formations of either heavy cavalry or infantry under the command of a Christian European officer, the qadi. The phenomenon came to an end when Christian mercenaries were repatriated in the 15th century. The patronym "Farfán" is still relatively common in 21st-century Spanish-speaking countries and may be linked to these families which came back from the Maghreb. (en)
  • I Farfan (dall'arabo Banū Farkhān, in berbero Ifarkhan) è il nome dato a uno stuolo di soldati cristiani provenienti in gran parte dai regni iberici che nel Basso Medioevo servirono come mercenari per le varie dinastie musulmane del Maghreb. I Farfan combattevano seguendo la tradizione europea, in formazioni di uomini ben armati, sia a cavallo sia piedi, sotto il comando di un ufficiale cristiano europeo, curiosamente chiamato "qadi". Il fenomeno si è concluso quando i mercenari cristiani sono stati rimpatriati nel XV e XVI secolo. Il cognome Farfán è ancora comune nei paesi di lingua spagnola e può essere collegato alle famiglie dei discendenti dei mercenari cristiani che tornarono dal Maghreb. (it)
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  • Farfanes (sing. farfan) were soldiers hailing mostly from the Christian Iberian kingdoms in the later Middle Ages fighting as mercenaries for the various Muslim dynasties of the Western Mediterranean. Farfanes fought in the European fashion, in dense formations of either heavy cavalry or infantry under the command of a Christian European officer, the qadi. The phenomenon came to an end when Christian mercenaries were repatriated in the 15th century. The patronym "Farfán" is still relatively common in 21st-century Spanish-speaking countries and may be linked to these families which came back from the Maghreb. (en)
  • I Farfan (dall'arabo Banū Farkhān, in berbero Ifarkhan) è il nome dato a uno stuolo di soldati cristiani provenienti in gran parte dai regni iberici che nel Basso Medioevo servirono come mercenari per le varie dinastie musulmane del Maghreb. (it)
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