Doaa Sadiq Abdel KHAZAL
THE POLITICAL ROLE OF COMMANDER MARSHALL IN NAJAF, 1917-1918
What Iraq possesses of resources made it vulnerable to occupation, including the British occupation of Iraq, in which the British tried to extend their influence in it and their attempt to expand on the rest of Iraq, including Najaf, which is the main incubator of revolutionary thought, so when sending Commander Marshall to the city of Najaf in order to gain their trust and calm the situation Because there was no revolution against the British, and indeed, Commander Marshall worked on adopting a policy to win the favor of the Najafis, but he did not succeed because the Najafians rejected the occupation
Keywords: The British, Commander Marshall, Najaf.