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Sirdar (Egypt)

Military ranks of Egypt
Turco-Egyptian
ranks
(until 1958)
Modern
Egyptian ranks
Western
equivalents
Officers
Mushir
General of the army/
field marshal
Sirdar
سردار
Fariq awwal
General
Fariq
Lieutenant general
Liwa
Major general
Amiralay
أمير آلاي
Amid
Brigadier
Qaimaqam
قائم مقام
Aqid
Colonel
Bimbashi
Muqaddam
Lieutenant colonel
Sagh
Raid
Major
Yuzbashi
يوزباشي
Naqib
Captain
Mulazim awwal
First lieutenant
Mulazim thani
Mulazim
Second lieutenant
Non-commissioned officers
Shawish
شاويش
Raqib
Sergeant
Ombashi
أونباشي
Arif
Corporal
Soldiers
Askari
عسكري
Jundi
Private

Sirdar, a variant of Sardar, a long-standing rank in Western and Southern Asia – 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 is "sardār" and this version is used in Hindi and Urdu languages as well, (Merriam Webster entry for the word sirdar.)



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