# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maher-abd-al-rashid
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:23:16.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maher-abd-al-rashid"
name: "Maher Abd al-Rashid"
slug: "maher-abd-al-rashid"
description: "Colonel General Maher Abdul Rashid was an Iraqi military officer. Rashid rose to prominence during the Iran–Iraq War, and was regarded as one of Saddam's best generals, serving as Chief-of-Staff of the Iraqis after being brought out of retirement, which he had been forced into in 1983. Rashid also played a prominent role in helping Iraq to regain her initiative during the war."
tagline: "Former prominent Iraqi General"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iraqi_Commanders_Iran-Iraq_War_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1942-07-24"
deathDate: "2014-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.03
  momentum:             7.690373563218391
  historical:           10.44396666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "مہر عبد الرشید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماهر عبد الرشيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماهر عبد الرشيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%DA%95%DB%95%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF"
    title: "ماھیر عەبدولڕەشید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Abdul_Rashid"
    title: "Maher Abdul Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Abd_al-Rashid"
    title: "Maher Abd al-Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF"
    title: "ماهر عبدالرشید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Abd_al-Rachid"
    title: "Maher Abd al-Rachid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Abd_al-Rashid"
    title: "Maher Abd al-Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahir_Abd_al-Rashid"
    title: "Mahir Abd al-Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%81%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF"
    title: "ماہر عبد الرشید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Abd_al-Rashid"
    title: "Maher Abd al-Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520448"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump