He was appointed governor of the Baghdad province (present day Iraq and Kuwait combined) and was also the commander of the Sixth Army from 19 April 1916 till the end of the war in 1918.
他被任命為巴格達省省長（現在是伊拉克和科威特的總和），也是1916年4月19日至1918年戰爭結束時的第六集團軍司令。