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. The Sirdar resided at the Sirdaria, a three-block-long property in Zamalek which was also the home of British military intelligence in Egypt.

List of officeholders

No.PortraitName (birth–death)Term of officeRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Wood, EvelynSir Evelyn Wood (1838–1919)21 December 188231 March 18852 years, 100 days
2Grenfell, FrancisLord Grenfell (1841–1925)19 April 188612 April 18925 years, 359 days
3Kitchener, HerbertLord Kitchener (1850–1916)13 April 189218996–7 years
4Wingate, ReginaldSir Reginald Wingate (1861–1953)1899191616–17 years
5Stack, LeeSir Lee Stack (1868–1924)191620 November 1924 †7–8 years
6Spinks, CharltonSir Charlton Spinks (1877–1959)November 192412 January 193712 years, 2 months