Sirdar

Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Egyptian Army
Sirdar
Longest serving Sir Reginald Wingate 1899 – 1916
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Superseded by	Chief of the General Staff

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]

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Sirdar	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Wood, EvelynSir Evelyn Wood (1838–1919)	21 December 1882[3]	31 March 1885[4]	2 years	–
2		Grenfell, FrancisLord Grenfell (1841–1925)	19 April 1886[5]	12 April 1892[6]	6 years	–
3		Kitchener, HerbertLord Kitchener (1850–1916)	13 April 1892[7]	1899	7 years	–
4		Wingate, ReginaldSir Reginald Wingate (1861–1953)	1899	1916	16–17 years	–
5		Stack, LeeSir Lee Stack (1868–1924)	1916	20 November 1924 †	7–8 years	–
6		Spinks, CharltonSir Charlton Spinks (1877–1959)	November 1924	12 January 1937	12 years, 2 months	–

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