Mushir

Military ranks of Egypt
Turco-Egyptian ranks (until 1958)	Modern Egyptian ranks	U.S. Army equivalents
Officers
Mushir مشير	Qaid amm قائد عام	5-star general
Sirdar سردار	Fariq awwal فريق أول	4-star general
Fariq فريق	Fariq فريق	Lieutenant General
Liwa لواء	Liwa لواء	Major General
Amirilay أمير آلاي	Amid عميد	Brigadier general
Qaimaqam قائم مقام	Aqid عقيد	Colonel
Bimbashi بكباشي	Muqaddam مقدم	Lieutenant colonel
Sagh صاغ	Raid رائد	Major
Yuzbashi يوزباشي	Naqib نقيب	Captain
Mulazim awwal ملازم أول	Mulazim awwal ملازم أول	First Lieutenant
Mulazim thani ملازم ثاني	Mulazim ملازم	Second Lieutenant
Non-commissioned officers
Shawish شاويش	Raqib رقيب	Sergeant
Ombashi أونباشي	Arif عريف	Corporal
Soldiers
Askari عسكري	Jundi جندي	Private

A Mushir (Arabic: مشير‎) (Marshal) is the highest rank in most militaries of the Middle East. It is the equivalent to the ranks of General of the Army, Field Marshal, and Fleet Admiral.

Iraq

In Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi navy maintained a fleet admiral rank known as Mushir. A Mushir was the most senior of all naval officers and the rank was rarely bestowed. The sleeve insignia was the same as a British Admiral of the Fleet.

The rank of Mushir in Iraq is known as "Muhib" and is used in all official and unofficial addresses. Saddam Hussein as commander-in-chief of the armed forces was an honorary "staff muhib" (مهيب ركن) in the Iraqi army, and the uniform which he typically wore was that of a staff muhib. He was the only muhib in the Iraqi army, for the minister of defence and the chief of staff held the rank of "Fariq awal rukun" (فريق اول ركن), or "staff general". (Hussein never actually served in the Iraqi Army but commanded as ruler of Iraq.) After Saddam Hussein's fall in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the rank of Mushir became obsolete in the new Iraqi military.

Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia, the rank of Mushir is typically held ceremonially by the Saudi Royal Family , and translated as "First class Field Marshal".

See also

• List of Egyptian Field Marshals