Maher Abd al-Rashid (Arabic: ماهر عبد الرشيد) was a General of the Iraqi army and a member of the Al-Bu Nasir tribe. 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 Iraqi after being brought out of a retirement that he had been forced into in 1983.REDIRECT Template:Unreliable source? Rashid also played a prominent role in helping Iraq to regain her initiative during the war.