[1] Sirri Pasha began his career as an engineer at the Ministry of Public Works, and was appointed as minister to the same body in 1937.

[3] Sirri Pasha first served as prime minister from 1940 until 1942, the height of the Axis and Allied confrontation in Egypt's Western Desert in the Second World War, which concluded with the Second Battle of El Alamein.

[4] In February 1941, the Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies, visited Cairo and met with Sirri.

His final term was for three weeks in July 1952, amidst a political crisis which culminated in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and the abdication of King Farouk.

Sirri Pasha was married to the aunt of Queen Farida, spouse of King Farouk.