Ahmed Muhammad Abu Bakr, known as (Faqe Ahmed Pishdari), was born in 1922 in the village of Dalga in the Pishdar region, Hero sub-district, Qaladze district, Sulaymaniyah province. He studied in the Hujra of Faqis. He was married. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution (1961-1975), he became a refugee in the country of Iran and settled in the village of Bewaran in Eastern Kurdistan. Later, he was moved to the Saraw Garm complex in Zahab and from there to Gorgan in Mazandaran province. After settling in that city, he was employed as a forest protection officer. In 1991, at the beginning of the popular uprising in Southern Kurdistan, he returned from Iran and participated in the liberation of the city of Ranya. He passed away from a heart attack on January 6, 1999.
In 1958, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1961, he participated in the uprising of the village of Khalakan against the Iraqi government. In the same year, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga along with Abbas Mamand Agha and Sheikh Hussein Boskin and went to Barzani.
In 1963, Faqe Ahmed Pishdari became a Peshmerga in the Ali Shaban Hostani battalion affiliated with the Betwata Brigade in the Saruchawa region of Ranya. In 1964, he went to Mawat with Rashid Sindi to disarm the faction of Ibrahim Ahmed . In 1966, along with a Peshmerga force commanded by Mala Ali Nerwayi and Ali Shaban, he defended against the Iraqi Army attack in the Betwen, Chwarqurna, and Cholia regions. Due to his bravery, he was awarded a letter of appreciation and twenty-five Dinars by Barzani. In 1968, in the village of Qaran Agha, he and a platoon of Peshmerga attacked an Iraqi Army convoy. In that battle, Faqe Ahmed Pishdari was severely wounded and was sent to Tehran, the capital of Iran, for treatment. In 1969, after recovering, he returned to the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces.
In 1970, after the March 11 Agreement, he was made a Head of Branch. In 1974, after the violation of the March 11 Agreement by the Iraqi government and the reignition of the war against the revolution and the Kurdish people, Faqe Ahmed Pishdari rejoined the Peshmerga Forces and became a Peshmerga in Branch 4 of the Party and the 3rd Battalion of the Betwata Force. He participated in several battles, including the Battle of Mount Khanzad in the Saruchawa region, and Mount Makok in Betwen, where he was wounded in the hand during that same battle. In 1974, he was made a Battalion Commander.
In 1976, he supervised the Mazandaran organizational committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was one of the officials of that organizational committee. On October 4, 1979, as a member of the Congress, he participated in the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1980, after the outbreak of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Faqe Ahmed Pishdari brought his family to the city of Naghadeh in Eastern Kurdistan and rejoined the Peshmerga Forces of the Gulan Revolution and in the 15th Force of Ali Shaban, he received the rank of First Battalion Commander. In 1983, he was transferred to the 4th Qata of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, where Ali Ismail was the official in charge of the organizational committee of that Qata.
In 1991, after the popular uprising of Kurdistan, he received the rank of Commander of the Makok Force in the 9th Axis of the Ranya region. In 1992, he was wounded in the battle to defend the rule of law against PKK fighters on Mount Gala Shaban. In 1995, Faqe Ahmed Pishdari received the rank of Commander of the 6th Regiment in the 70th Brigade of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Qasre. In 1997, he was transferred to Branch 11 of the Party and was made the military official of the branch.
On August 16, 1996, at the Golden Jubilee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, due to the services he had provided, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani .
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.