Ahmed Mustafa Shwan was born on July 1, 1919, in the village of Kanilingi, affiliated with the Mergasor district in Erbil Governorate. He did not attend school due to the remoteness of their region. He married in his village, was a refugee in Turkey in 1932, and was also a refugee in East Kurdistan from 1945 to 1947. He took refuge in Iran in 1975 after the setback of Aylul Revolution and settled there. He returned to Kurdistan in 1991 after the uprising of the people of Kurdistan. In addition to his mother tongue, he is proficient in Arabic, Persian, and English.
In 1943, he participated in the Second Revolution of Barzan, and in 1945, he played an effective role in the epic of Meydan Morik in directing strikes against the Iraqi Army. In 1945, he moved to East Kurdistan with Sheikh Ahmed Barzani and Mullah Mustafa Barzani, and after the establishment of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, he participated as a commander and a Peshmerga.
He participated in Aylul Revolution in 1961 and in the strike force, and received several military ranks in Aylul Revolution, including the rank of company commander and battalion commander in the Balak force, and administrative and military official at the Barzani Headquarters.
He participated at the beginning of the outbreak of Gulan Revolution in 1976 and was promoted to the rank of commander of Force 30 in the Barzan force. He was also an active member of the Second Branch in the right wing of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and an official for the Peshmerga force affiliated with the Barzan organization. He returned to Kurdistan after the 1991 uprising and participated in it, and received the rank of commander of the First Brigade in Unit 47 after the formation of the Peshmerga Forces army. In the same year, by order of President Masoud Barzani , he became the official of the Social Committee in Shirwan.
He participated in several battles, including the Battle of Meydan Morik and Gortu in 1945, and the Battle of Mount Qalander and Badliyan. During the era of the Republic of Kurdistan, he also participated with the Barzan forces in the battles of Saqqez, Naghadeh, Albeh Kuika, Nalus, Oshnavieh, and Margavar against the forces of the Iranian Army.
He participated during Aylul Revolution in several battles against the Iraqi Army, including: Lumana, Zawita, Sari Ziri, Sari Akre (Aqrah), Sidekan, Balakayati, Heran, Nazanin, Gomaspan, Spilik, Rezan, Mergasor, Koran, Sarki, Chma Duwdemera, and Wadi Omar Agha in Diana.
He was wounded several times during his struggle in the ranks of the Peshmerga. He lost his right eye on September 26, 1945, in Mount Qalander, on March 15, 1947, in the Battle of Nalus, on September 17, 1963, in the Battle of Chma Duwdemera, and in 1966 in the Battle of Wadi Omar Agha.
In 1947, after the return of the Barzan forces from East Kurdistan, he was imprisoned in the prisons of Baghdad and Mosul with Mustafa Khoshnaw, Muhammad Mahmoud Qudsi, Khairallah Abdul Karim, and Izzat Abdulaziz, and was sentenced to death, but his sentence was later commuted to 20 years in prison. He passed away on the night of May 24 to 25, 2010, at the Republican Hospital in Erbil, the capital.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Authority Kurdistan Democratic Party