Sirdar

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This article is about historical use of the title in Egypt. For for places in Iran, see Sirdar (disambiguation). For the submarine, see HMS Sirdar (P226). For uses in other times and places, see Sardar.
Military ranks of Egypt
Turco-Egyptian
ranks (until 1958)		 Modern
Egyptian ranks		 Western armies
equivalents
Officers
Mushir
مشير		 General of the army/ field marshal
Sirdar
سردار		 Fariq awwal
فريق أول		 General
Fariq
فريق		 Lieutenant general
Liwa
لواء		 Major general
Amiralay
أمير آلاي		 Amid
عميد		 Brigadier general
Qaimaqam
قائم مقام		 Aqid
عقيد		 Colonel
Bimbashi
بكباشي		 Muqaddam
مقدم		 Lieutenant colonel
Sagh
صاغ		 Raid
رائد		 Major
Yuzbashi
يوزباشي		 Naqib
نقيب		 Captain
Mulazim awwal
ملازم أول		 First lieutenant
Mulazim thani
ملازم ثاني		 Mulazim
ملازم		 Second lieutenant
Non-commissioned officers
Shawish
شاويش		 Raqib
رقيب		 Sergeant
Ombashi
أونباشي		 Arif
عريف		 Corporal
Soldiers
Askari
عسكري		 Jundi
جندي		 Private

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

The first use of the word sardar or sirdar in English language is dated back to 1595. The original form of the word in Persian (Farsi) is sardār and this version is used in Hindi and Urdu languages as well, (Merriam Webster entry for the word sirdar.)



List of sirdars from to
Sir Evelyn Wood 1883 1885
Lord Grenfell 1885 1892
Lord Kitchener 1892 1899
Sir Reginald Wingate 1899 1916
Sir Lee Stack 1916 1924
Sir Charlton Spinks 1924 1937


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