Military ranks of the Kingdom of Egypt

The Turco-Egyptian ranks were the military ranks used by the Kingdom of Egypt from 1922 until they were changed in 1958 after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 and the abolition of the monarchy.^[1] The names are Turco-Egyptian (i.e. derived from Ottoman Turkish and Arabic), and are derived at least in part from the pre-existing military structure developed out of the reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha. The design of the rank insignia was completely British with high ranks given only to British officers during Britain's occupation of Egypt. The rank of Sirdar was given to the British Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army.

Ranks

Officers

The rank insignia for commissioned officers.

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Royal Egyptian Army
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
	مشير Mushir		سردار Sirdar		فريق Ferik		لواء Liwa'		أميرألاى Amiralay		قائم مقام Kaymakam		بكباشى Bikbashi		صاغ Sagh Kol Aghassi		يوزباشى Yuzbashi		ملازم أول Mulazim Awwal			ملازم ثانى Mulazim Tani
Royal Egyptian Air Force
			Air chief marshal		Air marshal		Air vice marshal		Air commodore		Group captain		Wing commander		Squadron leader		Flight lieutenant		Flying officer			Pilot officer
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet

Enlisted

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Royal Egyptian Army
							Warrant officer				Master Sergeant						Sergeant						Corporal												Private First Class
							صول Mosa'id				باش شاويش Raqib awwal						شاويش Raqib						أومباشي 'arif												عسكري Jondi awwal
Royal Egyptian Air Force
							صول Mosa'id				باش شاويش Raqib awwal						شاويش Raqib						أومباشي 'arif												عسكري Jondi awwal

See also

• Military ranks of Egypt

References

External links

• "Egypt 1922-1953". uniforminsignia.net. International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

This page was last edited on 17 January 2024, at 23:36