Martyr Ali Kaka Bra Haidar was born in 1931 in the village of Namali, affiliated with the Arabat sub-district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. He was a villager engaged in animal husbandry and farming, and had completed primary school. He was married and had one daughter.
In 1968, he joined the Peshmerga Forces Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the 2nd Branch, 3rd Battalion of Surdash of the Rizgari Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1969, he participated in the Battle of Azmar Mountain, where he was shot in his right leg, causing it to break. After receiving treatment, he went to his home in the village of Namali to rest. He was arrested by the security forces of the then-Iraqi regime in Arabat and transferred to the prison in the city of Kirkuk. After the March 11, 1970 agreement, Ali Kaka Bra was released.
In 1974, he rejoined the Peshmerga Forces and became a Peshmerga in the 2nd Branch, affiliated with the Martyr Dilshad Battalion of the Khabat Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
On November 1, 1974, in the defensive position of the Peshmerga Forces at Kew Rash of Zozk Mountain, they faced a military attack by the then-Iraqi regime, and Ali Kaka Bra was martyred. His comrades transported his body to the Hawraman region, where they laid him to rest in the cemetery of the Byara sub-district.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.