Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akagoverwa kuIraq mberi kuti abatane neChitanhatu Mauto. Nokuda kwokubudirira kwake paGallipoli, akarumbidzwa muna December 1915 neOttoman neGermany Commands uye panguva imwe chete akasimudzirwa kuva colonel. Muna Kubvumbi 1916, akatora kutungamira kwe18th Corps, iyo yakawana kukunda kukuru pamauto eBritish akatungamirwa naGeneral Charles Townshend panguva yeKukombwa kweKut-al Amara
muIraq.