Bestun Huseyn Muhammed Mahmud was born in the year 1961 in the village of Bawe Koçekî, which is part of the Halabja province. He was a villager and engaged in farming. He is a primary school graduate.
In the year 1976, he became a Peshmerga in the Hewraman force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party under the command of Nadir Hewrami. At that time, their headquarters was in Wishkenaw, near Serchawey Zelm in the Halabja province.
In the year 1978, Bestun Huseyn and two of his comrades named Emin Huseyn and Tehsin went to the Sharazur plain area to carry out a partisan operation. In the village of Sheshki, which is part of the Khurmal sub-district, they fell into an ambush by the Ba'ath regime's mercenaries and after fighting and confronting them, they were arrested. After their arrest, they were transferred to the Mosul city prison. After one year of imprisonment, in the year 1979, they were executed by hanging and became Martyrs.
1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia.