Sirdar
Appearance
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Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Egyptian Army | |
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Sirdar | |
Residence | Sirdaria |
Formation | 21 December 1882 |
First holder | Sir Evelyn Wood |
Final holder | Sir Charlton Spinks |
Abolished | 12 January 1937 |
Superseded by | Chief of the General Staff |
Historical military ranks of Egypt |
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The rank ofSirdar(Arabic:سردار) – a variant ofSardar– was assigned to theBritishCommander-in-Chief of theBritish-controlledEgyptian Armyin the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]The Sirdar resided at the Sirdaria, a three-block-long property inZamalekwhich was also the home of British military intelligence inEgypt.[2]
List of officeholders
[edit]No. | Portrait | Sirdar | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Evelyn Wood (1838–1919) | Sir21 December 1882[3] | 31 March 1885[4] | 2 years | – | |
2 | Lord Grenfell (1841–1925) | 19 April 1886[5] | 12 April 1892[6] | 6 years | – | |
3 | Lord Kitchener (1850–1916) | 13 April 1892[7] | 1899 | 7 years | – | |
4 | Reginald Wingate (1861–1953) | Sir1899 | 1916 | 16–17 years | – | |
5 | Lee Stack (1868–1924) | Sir1916 | 20 November 1924 † | 7–8 years | – | |
6 | Charlton Spinks (1877–1959) | SirNovember 1924 | 12 January 1937 | 12 years, 2 months | – |
References
[edit]- ^"Sirdar".Merriam Webster.Retrieved2012-07-02.
- ^Raafat, Samir (2001-02-15)."The Sirdaria".Cairo Times.Retrieved2012-07-02.
- ^Sir Evelyn Wood,From Midshipman to Field Marshalp.xii.
- ^Sir Evelyn Wood,From Midshipman to Field Marshalpp. xii, 500.
- ^Lord Grenfell,Memoirs of Field-Marshal Lord Grenfell PC, GCB, GCMGp.90.
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