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
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst go to the beleaguered ship and take command. Kerans decides to risk steaming down the Yangtze at night without a pilot or suitable charts. Before they can leave, however, the local communist official Colonel Peng (Akim Tamiroff) makes contact with the "Amethyst" and at a meeting between senior officers makes his position clear: either the British government releases an apology accepting all responsibility for the entire incident, or the "Amethyst" will remain his prisoner. Similarly, he will not allow the two wounded sailors to leave unless they give him statements declaring the British to have been the transgressors, which they