Biography

Ali Baba Ismail Haqi Ali Rasul, known as Dr. Ali Baba, Dr. Ali, and Khala Doctor, was born in 1940 in the city of Sulaymaniyah. He was the son of the intellectual and revolutionary Ismail Haqi Shaways (1898-1976), an active member of the Kurdish Xoybûn Party. His father was one of the founders of several Kurdish political associations in Southern Kurdistan. In 1968, he received a Master's degree in Architecture from the Moscow Institute. In 1969, he was appointed as an engineer in the Local Administration of Sulaymaniyah. In 1970, he was appointed to the Sulaymaniyah Municipality. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the Country of Iran and later, on the orders of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he was sent abroad. In 1977, he received a Doctorate in Architecture from the Moscow Institute. From 1977 to 1981, he lived as a refugee in the Soviet Union and did not return to Southern Kurdistan. From 1981 to 1984, he resided as a refugee in Belgium. In 1985, at the request of President Masoud Barzani he returned to Southern Kurdistan. From 1985 to 1990, he lived as a refugee in the Country of Iran. He passed away on December 6, 1990, in Eastern Kurdistan and was initially buried in the cemetery of the town of Marivan in Eastern Kurdistan. After the uprising in Southern Kurdistan, he was reburied in the Saywan Hill cemetery in the city of Sulaymaniyah. He was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, Russian, Persian, and French.

Struggle Record

In 1957, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Students Union. In 1957, he joined the ranks of the Party. In 1959, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union. In 1959, he joined the Kurdistan Teachers Union. In 1959, he was a member of the Youth Organization Committee. In 1970, he was a member of the Sulaymaniyah Regional Committee, affiliated with the Branch Four Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party In 1974, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces. In 1984, he was made an administrator of the Branch Six Committee of Europe of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was the editor-in-chief of Azmar magazine, which was published by the Branch Four Committee. In 1988, he participated in the Battle of Khwakurk in the border area of Erbil Governorate against the Iraqi army forces. In 1989, he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Tenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party). In 1989, he was the second official of the Branch Four Committee.

Sources:

  1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. 

  2. Ibrahim Mahmoud, The Kurdish State of Hajo Agha, (Damascus - Dar Al-Zaman for Printing, Publishing and Distribution - 2018), p. 648.

  3. Habib Muhammad Karim, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (In Key Stations) 1946 - 1993, (Duhok - Khabat Press - 1998), pp. 174, 488. 

  4. Sha'ban Ali Sha'ban, Some Political and Historical Information, Third Edition, (Erbil - Rojhalat Press - 2013), p. 121.

  5. Abdul-Khalid Sabir (Teacher Khalid), Genealogy of the Old Families of Sulaymaniyah between 1784 - 1914, Second Edition, (Beirut - Green Glory Press - 2010), pp. 569 - 572.

  6. Osman Sangasari, Part of the Lives of the Immortal Leaders of Kurdistan, (Sulaymaniyah - Sima Press - 2014), p. 71.