Mawlud Mukhlis مولود مخلص
Governor of Zor
In office 1919–1920
Monarch	Faisal I
Governor of Karbala
In office 1923–1923
Monarch	Faisal I
Personal details
Born	1886 Mosul, Ottoman Empire
Died	1951 Beirut, Lebanon
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire (1914–1916)  Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1918) Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920) Kingdom of Iraq (1920–1951)
Battles/wars	Mesopotamian campaign Battle of Shaiba (1915) Siege of Kut (1916) Arab Revolt Battle of Wadi Musa (1917) Iraqi revolt of 1920

Mawlud Mukhlis (Arabic: مولود مخلص), born in Mosul in 1886 and died in Beirut, Lebanon in 1951, was an Arab nationalist, soldier and Iraqi politician.^[1] He headed the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq from December 1937 to November 1941.^[2]

Biography

He joined the Covenant Society in 1914–15, commanded the Ottoman cavalry at the Battle of Shaiba and the Siege of Kut, and was subsequently arrested by the Ottomans on charges of spying for Britain. After escaping arrest, he joined the Arab Revolt.

He successfully defending Wadi Musa when Turkish forces under the command of Mehmed Djemal Pasha attacked on 21 October 1917, in the Battle of Wadi Musa.^[3][4]

He later became aide-de-camp to Faisal during the Arab Kingdom of Syria period. In 1919–20, he became the governor of occupied Zor.

He participated in the 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British, served as governor of Karbala in 1923, and was appointed to the Senate of Iraq by King Faisal in 1925. He won a seat in the parliament in the 1936–1937 Iraqi parliamentary election, and again in 1939 and 1943.