Military ranks of the Kingdom of Egypt 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. 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
Aonghas (given name) According to historian Alex Woolf, the early Gaelic form of the name, "Oengus", was borrowed from the Pictish "Onuist", which appears in British as "Ungust". Woolf noted that these names are all derived from the Celtic "*Oinogustos". Linguist John Kneen derived this name from two Celtic elements the following way: "*Oino-gustos", meaning "one-choice". Woolf also stated that between about AD 350 and AD 660, the Insular Celtic dialects underwent changes which included the loss of the final syllables and unstressed vowels, which affected "*Oinogustos" thus: "*Oin<del>o</del>gust<del>os</del>". Aonghas (given name) Aonghas is a masculine given name in Scottish Gaelic. It is