He does me enough honour in sending out the pick of his goum, which is among the finest of the Sahara.

The American soldiers called the Moroccan soldiers goums Tells about their fighting and living habits.

It was a prized possession and he had bought it from a Goum for 1000 francs.

He had a regular army of 8000 infantry and 2000 cavalry, without counting 50,000 goums (bodies of Arab horsemen) brought by the khalifas.