Ali Ghafur Abdulmajid Fattah known as Ali Ghafur Zamnako, was born in 1948 in the village of Zamnako, affiliated with the Sirwan sub-district of the Halabja Governorate. He was a villager and engaged in farming. He studied up to the primary level and was married.
Struggle RecordAli Ghafur Zamnako became a Peshmerga in 1961 in the Shamiran Force under the command of Hama Shamirani. At that time, the Shamiran Force was an independent force and received orders from the revolution's leadership. Furthermore, the area of activity of this force was mostly in the Shamiran region and the Nawroli region. However, after the creation of the military structure of the Aylul Revolution in 1965, this force remained an independent force and was placed under the Khabat Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Ali Ghafur Zamnako participated in the battles of the Nawroli region, the Sharazur Plain, the Shamiran region, and the Darbandikhan district. In 1965, he was transferred to the Sixth Bamo Battalion under the command of Fazil Talabani. At the same time, he received the rank of Head of Branch of the Bamo Branch of the Sixth Battalion.
In 1965, in the village of Baqubara, along with a group of Comrades, they attacked a military outpost of the regime, and Ali Ghafur Zamnako was severely wounded, and two of his Comrades named Osman Ali Nadir and Shamsullah were martyred. His Comrades attempted to transport Ali Ghafur Zamnako while wounded to the village of Sartak, but he was martyred at Malai Talag near Sartak due to the severity of his wound, and his Comrades buried him right there at Malai Talag.
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Committee.