Sirdar

Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army in the 19th-20th centuries

The rank of Sirdar (Arabic: سردار) – a variant of Sardar – was assigned to the British Commander-in-Chief of the British-controlled Egyptian Army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[1] The Sirdar resided at the Sirdaria, a three-block-long property in Zamalek which was also the home of British military intelligence in Egypt.^[2]

List of officeholders

References

1. "Sirdar". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
2. Raafat, Samir (2001-02-15). "The Sirdaria". Cairo Times. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
3. Sir Evelyn Wood, From Midshipman to Field Marshal p.xii.
4. Sir Evelyn Wood, From Midshipman to Field Marshal pp. xii, 500.
5. Lord Grenfell, Memoirs of Field-Marshal Lord Grenfell PC, GCB, GCMG p.90.
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