Ali Teli Kami, known as Ali Teli, was born in 1945 in the village of Bebo in the Nerwa and Rekani sub-district, Amadiya district, Duhok governorate. He completed his primary education in the village of Bebo and studied middle and high school in Amadiya district. In 1975, he became a refugee in Eastern Kurdistan and resided in the city of Urmia. In 1991, after the popular uprising in Southern Kurdistan, he returned to Southern Kurdistan.
In 1961, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga under Commander Haji Berokhi in the Nerwa and Rekani region. Later, he went to Zakho and stayed in the mountains of Zakho for a while. He participated in the battles of the Semel region, Gali Zawita, Sarki, and Suaretuka.
In 1962, in the new organization of the Badinan region forces, he was a Peshmerga under the command of Mustafa Nerwayi. That same year, he crossed with his force and the special force of Mela Mustafa Barzani to the Soran region and was in Ranya, Qaladiza, and Koya. In 1964, he participated as a member in the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
In 1970, he and Mustafa Nerwayi had their headquarters in the village of Besha in the Smilan sub-district, Choman district. In 1974, he participated in the battles of Zozk Mountain and Garu Omar Agha. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he went to the border of Northern Kurdistan and, along with several other Peshmerga, continued partisan activities in the form of mobile detachments.
In 1976, after the outbreak of the Gulan Revolution, he rejoined the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan. He served as a detachment commander in the Gulan Regional Committee and carried out activities in the regions of Duhok, Sheikhan, Akre, and up to near the city of Mosul. Along with Sami Abdulrahman and 100 other Peshmerga, he participated in the Battle of Bazi.
In 1979, he went to Eastern Kurdistan and participated in the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. After the congress concluded, he returned to Southern Kurdistan. In 1988, during the infamous Anfal campaign and the chemical bombardment of the Badinan region, he was in the village of Mazya in the Rekan region. After that campaign, he went to the border of Northern Kurdistan and from there went to the city of Urmia in Eastern Kurdistan.
In 1991, with the start of the popular uprising in Southern Kurdistan, he returned to Southern Kurdistan with Omar Osman and Zaim Ali via Haji Omaran and from there went to the city of Duhok and participated in the uprising. In 1992, after the reorganization of the Akre Regional Committee, he was made the person responsible for that regional committee. In 1995, he received the rank of Commander of the Akre Army. In 1997, he was transferred to the command of the Kurdistan Army Command (K.A.C.), then returned to the Akre Army. In 2003, he received the rank of Deputy Commander of the Zeravani in Erbil, and later was transferred to the Zeravani Command Office in the city of Duhok. He participated in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
On December 16, 2010, at the 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, by President Masoud Barzani he was awarded the Barzani the Immortal Medal.
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.