The Sirdar: Sir Reginald Wingate and the British Empire in the Middle East, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 222)

by M.W. Daly and Martin W. Daly Jr.

Francis Reginald Wingate (1861-1953) was a major figure in the political, administrative, and military history of the Middle East from the early 1880s until the end of WWI. As dir. of military intelligence in the British-officered Egyptian Army during the Sudan campaigns; as sirdar (commander-in-chief) of that army and gov.-gen. of the Sudan during the formative period of its colonial admin.; and as high commissioner in Egypt during the latter half...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871692228
• ISBN13: 9780871692221
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 345 Pages