Sirdar
Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army in the 19th-20th centuries
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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]
ResidenceSirdaria
Formation21 December 1882
First holderSir Evelyn Wood
Final holderSir Charlton Spinks
| Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Egyptian Army | |
|---|---|
| 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| Superseded by | Chief of the General Staff |
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Sir Evelyn Wood (1838–1919) | 21 December 1882 | 31 March 1885 | 2 years, 100 days | [3] | |
| 2 | Lord Grenfell (1841–1925) | 19 April 1886 | 12 April 1892 | 5 years, 359 days | [4][5] | |
| 3 | Lord Kitchener (1850–1916) | 13 April 1892 | 1899 | 6–7 years | [6] | |
| 4 | Sir Reginald Wingate (1861–1953) | 1899 | 1916 | 16–17 years | – | |
| 5 | Sir Lee Stack (1868–1924) | 1916 | 20 November 1924 † | 7–8 years | – | |
| 6 | Sir Charlton Spinks (1877–1959) | November 1924 | 12 January 1937 | 12 years, 2 months | – | |
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