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= Tafurs = The name Tafurs was given to bands of Christian combatants during the First Crusade. They were said to be brutal and barbaric and responsible for many atrocities. The origin of the name Tafur is somewhat obscure, it may be Arabic or possibly Norman French, but little is really known. One possibility is that the name derives from talevas or talevart the large, light wooden shield that many of them carried.