On the 1938 American Karakoram expedition Pasang Kikuli acted as sirdar (chief Sherpa). Pasang Kami, the sirdar, treated the sahibs as equals and this was reciprocated. Twenty-six porters for the Khumbu Icefall were led by their sirdar Phurkipa. Later he was appointed as sirdar (one of the sirdars) in the Nepali army. He then began his career as "Sirdar", or chief Sherpa, for many high altitude expeditions. The Sirdar is charged with leading the way. In Himalayan mountaineering, a "Sirdar" is a local leader of the Sherpas. The Sirdar himself suffered three wounds and died the next day. The Sirdar [Kitchener] rode up about 9 a.m. Ill once again, Wood handed over the job of Sirdar to Francis Grenfell. Amjad Ali Shah's son, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, was born there. One of the Amps Ghazni, "Sirdar", won BIS at Crufts in 1928 and 1930. Boardman and Pertemba, the expedition's head Sirdar, reached the summit on 26 September. The rank of Sirdar was given to the British Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army.