Biography

Faris Hemed Bawe was born in the city of Erbil in 1933. He was arrested in 1956 and learned to read and write in Kirkuk prison under the guidance of the great Kurdish poet Abdullah Goran and a progressive cadre of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Abdullah Ismail Ahmed, known as Mela Mator. He passed away on March 21, 1995, in Pirmam and was initially buried in the Pirmam cemetery in Erbil province. Later, on Monday, March 10, 1997, he was reburied with a respectful ceremony in the village of Pirdawid in Erbil province at the Pirdawid Hill cemetery. He was fluent in Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian.

Career

Faris Hemed Bawe was arrested in Kirkuk prison in 1956 and released after the July 14, 1958 coup. He joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in 1958. In 1963, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces and in the same year became a Peshmerga captain, participating in the Darxurma battle in Erbil province and the battle of Qeshqe village in Erbil province against the National Guard forces. On March 18, 1963, as a Peshmerga commander, he was a representative at the Koye Congress (First People's Congress) in the town of Koye, Erbil province.

In June 1963, he participated in the Spilk battle in Erbil province under the command of Colonel Kafi Nebewi against the operation of the Iraqi Second Army. In 1964, he was assigned to the second brigade in the second battalion of the Safin Force of the second army. In 1965, he was appointed as commander of the first battalion of the Erbil Plain in the Safin Force. In May 1965, as commander of the first battalion of the Erbil Plain, he participated in the Safin Mountain Epic. On December 5, 1965, he participated in responding to the Iraqi army's attack and commanded the Six-Sided Battle (Sherxa Battle) and was victorious. In 1966, as commander of the second battalion of the Erbil Plain, he participated in the Safin battle. In 1968, he became the commander of the Erbil Plain force.

In 1968, to avenge the martyrdom of 2 Peshmerga in the Shaxulan Epic, he shelled the Iraqi army base in Erbil and destroyed the bases of the Ibrahim Ahmed – Jalal Talabani group inside the city of Erbil. On March 1, 1969, he was one of the commanders of the Babagurgur Operation that attacked the Kirkuk Oil Company. In August 1969, he confronted the attack of Iraqi forces and armed men of the Ibrahim Ahmed-Jalal Talabani group who attacked the headquarters of the Erbil Plain Force, and he was able to reverse their advance and force them to withdraw from the battle. In 1970, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) by the representatives of the 8th Congress. In 1970, he was appointed from the staff of twelve to be responsible for the second branch committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). After the March 11, 1970 agreement, he began building the Setaqan martyrs' neighborhood for the martyrs of the Erbil plain forces. On January 13, 1971, he was granted the temporary rank of police captain by the Iraqi Revolutionary Council. In 1971, he was the commander of the 11th battalion of the Derbend of Gomespan for Border Protection.

On Wednesday, June 21, 1972, at the Peace Palace in the town of Choman, Erbil province, he and President Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979) welcomed a delegation from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany led by Paul Ferner and discussed the issue of peace in Iraq and bilateral relations. In 1974, he was the commander of the Safin force. In 1974, he was the commander of the Gire Resh battle. On September 6, 1974, he was one of the commanders of the Makok battle in Erbil province, where the Peshmerga defeated the Iraqi army. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he migrated to Iran. In 1978, he returned to South Kurdistan and was pardoned by the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council on January 19, 1978. In 1991, he participated in the Uprising of Southern Kurdistan.

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