Abdulrahman Rasul Haji Khalil, known as Abu Shvan, was born in 1945 in the city of Zakho, affiliated with the Duhok governorate. At the beginning of 1970, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1972 when the Sinjar Force was established, he joined that force, which Mela Hussein Marani was the commander of. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he went to the village of Banke and, along with a group of other Peshmerga, decided that they were free to go to the country of Iran or stay. Therefore, Abdulrahman Rasul Haji Khalil remained in the village of Banke in the border area of the Duhok governorate.
In 1982, after the Ranjbaran military organization was established by the Duhok regional committee, Abdulrahman Rasul Haji Khalil was transferred to that organization, which Ali Qado was the deputy of, and he was made commander of the Martyr Dilovan detachment. That detachment was a mobile detachment in the region and caused great damage to the enemy.
On November 30, 1983, Abdulrahman Rasul Haji Khalil, along with 13 other Peshmerga, went on a military mission into the city of Duhok. Along with the artist Hassan Ali Khanjar and Ribar Taha Mahmud Barwari, they were arrested by the Ba'ath regime. After remaining in prison for six months, they were sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to Abu Ghraib prison. However, after five (5) years of remaining in prison and after the infamous Anfal campaign and the chemical bombardment of the Badinan region, they were released on September 14, 1988. After their release from prison, along with Muhammad Ali Aghmir, Yusuf Muhammad Aghmir, and Star Khalid, they became Peshmerga for 7 months. In 1991, he had a prominent role in the liberation of the city of Akre and was later made responsible for the Zakho Security Committee and a member of the Kurdistan Front.
In 1992, he was made commander of the Berxwedan Force and was later given the duty of deputy of the military committee. In 1997, he was made commander of the partisan force in Zakho and Semel in the border area of the Duhok governorate. Abdulrahman Rasul Haji Khalil was wounded 6 times in his Peshmerga life and is now disabled, and his right leg has been amputated. In the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 2010, by President Masoud Barzani he was awarded the Barzani Medal. He holds the rank of Brigadier General and is a member of the High Committee of Political Prisoners of Kurdistan.
Source:1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.