Post: | Commander-in-Chief |
Body: | the Royal Egyptian Army |
Native Name: | Arabic: Sirdar |
Residence: | Sirdaria |
Formation: | 21 December 1882 |
First: | Sir Evelyn Wood |
Last: | Sir Charlton Spinks |
Abolished: | 12 January 1937 |
Superseded By: | Chief of the General Staff |
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]