Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MunaNovember 1915, Nureddin Bey akamisa Major General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend's 6th Poona Infantry Division yeBritish Indian Army paHondo yeCtesiphon, uye akabva atevera vapikisi vake vaidzokera kuguta reKut. Kurwisa kwakati kwakakundikana kutora taundi, uye akagara pasi
kukombwa kwakaguma nokuzviisa pasi kweBritain. Generalfeldmarschall weGerman Colmar von der Goltz akasvika muBaghdad musi wa 21 Zvita 1915, akachinja zita reCommand seIraqi Army ("Irak Ordusu"), akaongorora nzvimbo dzake uye akazoenda kunotanga kupinda kwePersia. Musi wa 20 Ndira 1916, Enver Pasha, Gurukota reOttoman reHondo, akatsiva Nureddin Bey naColonel Halil Bey uye Nureddin Bey akagadzwa kuve mukuru weIX Corps uye mutungamiriri wenguva pfupi weChitatu Hondo.