Hiso Mahmud Babekir was born in 1937 in the village of Kanyelence in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution he migrated to Iran and settled in Lorestan and Zewe. After the 1991 uprising of the people of Kurdistan, he returned to Kurdistan. In addition to his mother tongue, he also knows Persian well.

Career

He joined the Peshmerga forces in 1959 and became a Peshmerga in the Ahmed Miste unit. He held several ranks within the Peshmerga Forces, including deputy platoon leader in 1961, platoon leader and deputy commander of the right wing of Dr. Said Ahmed Nader's branch in 1970, Deputy of Quwet Barzani in 1979, and in 1988 he became the head of the Peshmerga Forces of the Shirin Organization. In 1991, he became the head of the Shirin Organization.

In 1974, he participated in 30mm machine gun training and took part in several battles to defend Kurdistan against the Iraqi army. He was wounded three times: in 1963 in the battle of Chame near the Sherwan Mazin district, in 1974 on Mount Mamerut in the Choman district, and in 1995 in the battle of Rawandiz. 

He participated as a congress member in four congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP): the 9th congress in 1979 and the 10th congress in 1989 in East Kurdistan, and the 12th congress in 1999 and the 13th congress in 2010 in Erbil. At the 13th congress, by President Masoud Barzani he was awarded the Immortal Barzani medal.

Source:

  1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.