Abdulahad AbdulNour

In 1915, AbdulNour rejoined the Ottoman military campaign to fight the Russian army, which had occupied parts of Iran.

During his active duty in these campaigns as a commander of the combat care physicians unit, AbdulNour treated and saved lives of soldiers with traumatic injuries.

[1] His services in the health field were highly valued by the army, the civil administration, and the people, and he was awarded the Red Cross Medal.

[1] During this bloody campaign, AbdulNour fell ill on the battlefield and was evacuated to convalesce in a civilian hospital in the city of Sulaymaniyah.

[1] After the British army occupied Iraq in 1918, AbdulNour continued his medical responsibilities in Erbil for one more year.

[3] In 1932, He declined a nomination for a medical administrative position in Baghdad in favor of continuing to live and serve in Mosul.

[11] Particular challenges included managing properties and endowments in different emerging nation-states in the Middle East and the globally scattered diaspora.

[12] Abdulahad volunteered his work and time and donated money to help the refugees that came to Mosul from Turkey after the Armenian genocide and Sayfo between 2014 and 2018.

These refugees primarily came from Southern Turkey escaping the killings on the hands of Ottomans army and their allied tribes.

He also gave lectures about children's health care and was a founding member of Iraqi Red Crescent branch in Mosul in 1937.

[13] After a short illness, AbdulNour suffered a sudden heart attack and died at home on 28 February 1948.