In 1991 he joined International Trekkers (Nepal) as a sirdar. From Wordnik.com. [More Trek | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
The sirdar, a Bengali called Govinda, has a fifteen-year-old daughter, Soogee. From Wordnik.com. ['The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul'] Reference
In the afternoon comes the sirdar, the head of the porters, and thanks me again. From Wordnik.com. [Brotherhood of the Mountain] Reference
Even the bodyguard of the slain sirdar were now joining in the universal acclaim. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
But now Todar Rao, the sirdar, had sprung to his side and dragged the youth to his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
A couple of our porters were also suffering from the height, and Pasang, our Sherpa sirdar (leader), was worried. From Wordnik.com. [Mccoy Photo | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Two wounded British oficers, twenty-four years old, are surrounded in their house by a mob, and their Sikh sirdar asks if he can wave a white sheet and sue for mercy. From Wordnik.com. [September 19, 2004] Reference
Her idea was to take the whole court unawares at one and the same moment, so that the nobles might have presented to them, not only a common rallying-point for loyalty, but the chance by united action to break for all time the hated military power of the slave-born sirdar. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
Native Infantry, sprang to his side, killed the sirdar, and saved his. From Wordnik.com. [Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign] Reference
Slatin (later the sirdar) in the mahdi's camp, and the chains put upon him. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Book of Heroes] Reference
His subordinates are a sirdar, or judge, and several subahs, or collectors. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home] Reference
Mingma was chosen to be the sherpa leader, or sirdar, and he gathered nine sherpa, with six from Makalu. From Wordnik.com. Reference
These flights were met on arrival by our sirdar, Ang Pasang, and his crew, and sent toward Base Camp by yaks. From Wordnik.com. Reference
During the fall of that year, he went to the North Side for the first time as the sirdar for a Swiss expedition. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The Khedive was exceedingly anxious that the rebellion be crushed speedily, and had made Kitchener the "sirdar.". From Wordnik.com. [Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers] Reference
"When I am maharanee," said Yasmini, "Tom Tripe shall have the title of sirdar, whether the English approve of it or not!". From Wordnik.com. [Guns of the Gods]
There the boy Maharajah, with his regent mother and her favorite sirdar, Lal Singh, were at the mercy of their Sikh soldiery. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)] Reference
Our sirdar, Mingma Sherpa of Makalu, summited K2 last year with a Korean team and helped a Korean woman summit the great mountain. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The three of us, Mingma Tunduk Sherpa, the leader sirdar, Rinjing Sherpa, and I have safely come down from our summit attempt defeated by the mighty K2 peculiar weather. From Wordnik.com. Reference
As I had the testimony of European officers in the Turkish service given me freely, in disgust at the proceedings of the sirdar, I did not depend on insurgent reports of these things. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of a Journalist]
A local sirdar invited the senior officer to consult with him as to a pacific arrangement, and while Major Griffiths was absent on this errand there was a temporary suspension of hostilities. From Wordnik.com. [The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80] Reference
This suspicion he communicated to Futteh Jung, the other colleague of the late prime minister, suggesting that Abiman Singh and the sirdar already in custody should be forthwith executed, and Futteh Jung installed as prime minister. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home] Reference
His irritation against the sirdar, on account of the discourteous manner of refusal of the permission to accompany the army, was intensified by an insulting remark which Omar made to Captain Murray, concerning Tricou, and which Murray repeated to me and I to Tricou; and the war was thereafter to the knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of a Journalist]
As they approached the bottom of the flagon, the vanguard of intoxication began to storm the castle of reason; wild uproar, tumult, and their auxiliaries commanded by a sirdar of nonsense, soon after scaled the walls, and the songs of folly vociferously proclaimed that the sultan of discretion was driven from his post, and confusion had taken possession of the garrison. From Wordnik.com. [Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers] Reference
Yummy yarn 1. sirdar 2. fabris thank you vbarton24at gmail dot com. From Wordnik.com. [Great International Stash Giveaway] Reference
A sirdar was put to death simply because he had a private audience with the King. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home] Reference
"But, although the embers of revolt were ready to burst into flame at the first fanning of a breeze, Todar Rao, now sirdar in command of the whole army, still dominated the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
Service, writes: -- "Several days ago I received a note from the political sirdar, asking me if I would see a man who said he had a leech in his throat which he was unable to get rid of. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
"In these circumstances it would have been fatal to let word go forth prematurely that the rightful heir was alive, for disappointed ambitions among the feudal lords might have become an added danger to the fury of the sirdar. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
"What do you know, sirdar?". From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Zeitoon] Reference
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