Martyr Abdulghalib Tofiq was born in the year 1921 in the village of Qafari, which belongs to the Shwan sub-district of Kirkuk Governorate. He was a villager and was engaged in farming. He had a primary level of education and, in addition to his mother tongue (Kurdish), he had a full command of Arabic, Turkish, and Persian. Abdulghalib Tofiq was married; his wife's name was Naima Qadir, and he had two sons and one daughter.

In the year 1963 he joined the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Erbil Plain Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which at that time Faris Bawa was the Commander of the force. He had an active participation in the epics of the Kirkuk region and the Shwan region.

After the March 11 agreement statement of the year 1970, Abdulghalib Tofiq continued his struggle as a cadre of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

In the year 1979, he was arrested by a force of the Ba'ath regime's Jash and was transferred to Abu Ghraib prison. After two years, he was released in exchange for 3،000 dinars of the Iraqi currency at that time. After his release in the year 1981, he rejoined the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and became a cadre of the (Fire Line) affiliated with the Shwan Regional Committee of the Third Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, at which time Sayyid Asi Ali was the supervisor of the secret cells of the region and Martyr Sayyid Hassan was the responsible person of the Regional Committee.

Abdulghalib Tofiq became a Peshmerga again during the popular uprising of the people of Kurdistan in the year 1991 and joined the Khalkhalan organization force affiliated with the Shwan Regional Committee of the Third Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, at which time Martyr Nawzad was the responsible person of the organization and the Commander of the force. He participated in the popular uprising of the year 1991 in the liberation of Erbil Governorate, Daretu sub-district, Tekye sub-district, Chamchamal district, and Kirkuk Governorate.

After the million-person exodus of the people of Kurdistan in the year 1991, Abdulghalib Tofiq and a group of his Comrades were subjected to an artillery shelling attack by the Ba'ath regime in the Kore sub-district, and Abdulghalib Tofiq was severely wounded. Later, his Comrades transported him to the Diana sub-district to receive treatment for his wound, but due to the severity of his wound, Abdulghalib Tofiq became a Martyr in Diana four days after being wounded, and they buried him in Girdi Azadi near Haji Omaran.

Source:

Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.