30 Jul 1920 Jahr - Al Khader revolt

Beschreibung:

Al-Khodar is a small village on the left bank of Al-Forat River. On July 30, Hadi al-Maqoutar arrived from the city of Najaf to incite the inhabitants of the village to join the revolt against the English.[16] He had what he wanted as the tribes living in that area began to sabotage the railway and telegraph lines passing through the area.[17] The commander of the English forces in Iraq, General Haldane, ordered the forces stationed at the Khadr train station to withdraw immediately to the city of Nasiriyah, where the tribes that joined the revolution then attacked the station. This was on August 13, when they were shooting fire towards the station. The station had a normal train and two armored trains but soon an incident happened to the first armored vehicle, which led to a problem. The English troops went by regular train only, and the train arrived at Ur's station safely in the same evening [18].