Ibrahim Ahmad Fattah Mustafa, Known as Ibrahim Ahmad 1953 was elected as a member of the Central Committee and Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq at the Third Conference, in the year 1964 with the help and support of the authorities of the Kingdom of Iran, he supervised the broad Mawati meeting against President Mustafa Barzani he did, in the year 1964 by the consensus of the representatives of the Sixth Conference of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he was expelled from the ranks of the Party for deviating from the bylaws and program, in the year 1966 he headed to the city of Baghdad and sought refuge with the government of Iraq and stood with weapons against the Aylul Revolution and stood against it, on the 28 of March 1970 Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the President of Iraq, announced his complete withdrawal of support for the (Ibrahim Ahmad - Jalal Talabani) group and issued an order to disarm their supporters, on the 10 of February 1971 he dissolved his group and reconciled with President Mustafa Barzani and was settled in the Balak region in Erbil Governorate.

Biography‌

Ibrahim Ahmad Fattah Mustafa was born in the year 1914 in the city of Sulaymaniyah, by lineage he returns to the Hamawandi tribe of the Zangana Feyli clan, whose ancestors migrated from the Kermanshah region of Eastern Kurdistan towards Southern Kurdistan, and in Eastern Kurdistan this tribe is known as Hamawandi, Ahmadwandi, and Behtui, Ibrahim Ahmad completed his middle school stage at the Karkh Middle School and his high school stage at the Central High School in the city of Baghdad, in the year 1937 he received a Bachelor of Law from the College of Law of Baghdad, in the year 1947 he started his married life with Galawizh Khan, the niece of the lawyer Hamza Abdullah Omar (1915- 1998) on Saturday the 8 of April 2000 he passed away due to pneumonia in the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, on the 8 of April 2000 the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan sent a condolence letter to his family.

On Monday the 10 of April 2000 by President Masoud Barzani a condolence letter was sent to his family and his son-in-law Jalal Talabani, on Wednesday the 19 of April 2000 his body arrived in the city of Tehran and on Thursday the 20 of April 2000 it arrived back to the land of the Kurdistan Region from the Parvizkhan border crossing, on Friday the 21 of April 2000 his body was buried in the Salim Beg hill in the city of Sulaymaniyah, on Saturday the 22 of April 2000 a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party participated in his funeral in the city of Sulaymaniyah. He was a novelist, poet, and journalist. He was proficient in the Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, and English languages.

Struggle Record

Ibrahim Ahmad Fattah Mustafa on the 1 of June 1947 after the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan and the disappearance of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan from the political arena, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the year 1947 he was the head of the Sulaymaniyah regional committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the year 1951 in the city of Baghdad he was elected by the representatives of the Second Conference as a member of the provisional Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the year 1953 in the city of Kirkuk he was elected by the representatives of the Third Conference as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in the year 1953 at the  Third Conference he became the Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in the year 1953 he supported the nomination of members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq for the Iraqi Council of Representatives, in the year 1953 together with Habib Muhammad Karim (1931-2013)  Known as Habib Feyli and Jalal Hisamaddin Nureddin (1933- 2017) Known as Jalal Talabani, he chaired the committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq for the reconciliation of the three wings of the Iraqi Communist Party (Al-Qa'ida - Rayat al-Shaghila - Wahdat al-Shuyu'iyin) and their unification, in which they succeeded.

In the year 1954 he nominated himself for the representation of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, but to exclude him from the election process, he was imprisoned for a period by the officials of the Kingdom of Iraq and after the announcement of the election results they released him, in the year 1955 through Kamil Chadirji (1897- 1968) for the purpose of coordination and cooperation he contacted the National Congress Party (Hizb al-Mu'tamar al-Watani), in the year 1956 in the second unification within the Party he was appointed as the Secretary of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the year 1956 he supported the Egyptian state against the tripartite aggression of the United Kingdom, the French Republic, and the State of Israel and was imprisoned for a short period and later released on bail and placed under police surveillance, in the year 1957 once again in the third unification within the Party he was appointed as the Secretary of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party.

In the month of March 1958 he participated in the meeting of Kurdish personalities of Southern Kurdistan in the city of Kirkuk for the purpose of expressing an opinion regarding the union constitution between the Kingdom of Iraq and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the consolidation of the rights of the Kurds which had been imposed on the Kingdom of Iraq by the League of Nations, in that meeting they submitted a memorandum to the officials of the Kingdom of Iraq, he supported the coup of the 14 of July 1958 against the royal regime of Iraq, in the year 1958 accompanied by several personalities he visited the city of Prague for the purpose of accompanying the return of President Mustafa Barzani (1903- 1979) to the land of the homeland, on the 19 of September 1958 accompanied by Mustafa Barzani he arrived at Cairo Airport and was welcomed at the Qubba Palace by Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918- 1970), on the 6 of October 1958 accompanied by President Mustafa Barzani he arrived at Al-Muthanna Airport in Baghdad and was welcomed by the Kurdish and Arab masses, in the years 1959 - 1961 he was the licensee and editor-in-chief of the Kurdish and Arabic language newspaper Khabat It was the organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the first issue of which was published on 4 April 1959 and the last issue was 462 which was printed on 28 March 1951 and was closed by Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914-1963). 

In the year 1959 in the city of Baghdad by representatives of the Fourth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in the year 1959 in the first meeting of the Central Committee he was appointed as secretary, in the year 1960 in the city of Baghdad by representatives of the Fifth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the year 1960 in the first meeting of the Central Committee he was elected for the fifth time as secretary of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the year 1961 he participated in the last meeting of the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the house of Dr. Murad Aziz (1918-1980) for the purpose of preparation for the revolution but he voted "no" to starting the revolution, in the beginning of the month of September 1961 in the city of Baghdad and secretly he met with the leadership of the Iraqi Communist Party for the purpose of obtaining their support for the revolution against the government of Abd al-Karim Qasim but he did not succeed in his wishes, in the days of 18 to 23 of December 1961 he participated in the meeting of the Central Committee of the Party in the village of Awadilan in the border of Sulaymaniyah Governorate for the purpose of continuing Aylul Revolution and he voted "yes", in 8 of February 1963 he sent a congratulatory telegram to the coup plotters of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party without caring about the massacre of the members and leaders of the Iraqi Communist Party who were like-minded in the Marxist-Leninist ideology, in the month of February 1963 without regard to the order of President Mustafa Barzani he issued an order for the disarming, killing, and arresting of those members of the Iraqi Communist Party who had taken refuge in the liberated areas of the Aylul Revolution from the massacre of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, in the year 1963 he was a representative of the Koya Congress (the First People's Congress), in the year 1964 he was advised by Aziz Muhammad (1924-2017), Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, not to be the initiator in fighting with President Mustafa Barzani, but he insisted on military measures and resolving all problems by relying on force.

In the year 1964 with the help and support of the authorities of the Kingdom of Iran, he supervised the large meeting of Mawati against President Mustafa Barzani he did, in the year 1964 by all the representatives of the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was expelled from the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for deviating from the bylaws, in the year 1964 after his defeat against the forces of the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he took refuge in the Kingdom of Iran and was settled in the city of Tehran, in the year 1966 he left the Kingdom of Iran and headed to the city of Baghdad and took refuge with the Iraqi government and stood with weapons against Aylul Revolution he stood, in 28 of August 1966 in the village of Timar in the border of Diyala Governorate he participated in the first gathering of the opponents of President Mustafa Barzani and Kurdistan Democratic Party he did, in 22 of March 1967 in the village of Timar and still in the name of Kurdistan Democratic Party an illegitimate congress was held and in it he became a member of the Central Committee and then within his group he was elected as secretary of the Central Committee, in 28 of March 1970 Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, President of Iraq, announced his complete withdrawal of support for the (Ibrahim Ahmad - Jalal Talabani) group and issued an order to disarm their supporters, in 15 of October of the year 1970 accompanied by lawyer Omar Mustafa Muhammad Amin (1923-1992) known as Omar Dababa and Ali Abdullah Reza (1937-1978) known as Ali Askari for the purpose of making peace in the village of Dilman in the border of Erbil Governorate he met with General Mustafa Barzani and they agreed on dissolving the (Ibrahim Ahmad - Jalal Talabani) group and joining the Kurdistan Democratic Party unconditionally.

In 27 of December 1970 he participated in the last gathering of his group for the purpose of dissolving itself and joining Kurdistan Democratic Party , in 10 of February 1971 he dissolved his group and reconciled with President Mustafa Barzani and was settled in the Balak region in Erbil Governorate, in the year 1975 he held a meeting with Idris Barzani (1944-1987) for the purpose of coordination and cooperation, in the year 1975 he headed to the United Kingdom, in 31 of October 1992 at the United Iraqi National Congress in Pirmam he was appointed as a member of the advisory board, in the year 2000 he participated in the Kurdish Language Conference in Paris.

Among his works:

1. Memories and Hope -1932.

2. Misery - (First Edition - 1959), (Smuggled Edition - 1361 K. H).

3. The People's Pain - (First Edition - 1973), (Second Edition - 1987), Persian translation by Muhammad Qazi and Ahmad Qazi in the year 1979 under the title Jani Gel was printed in the city of Tehran

4. Adolescence - Part One - 2006.

5. A Study on the Struggle of Kaka Omar Dababa 1996.

6. Message of Sincerity - No year.

7. The Kurds and the Arabs - (First Edition 1937), 1987 - London).

8. Thorns and Flowers.

Sources:

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

2. Aram Karim, I Know Mam Jalal, Part One, (No place - 2000), pp 9 - 12, 20 - 22, 26.

3. The Iraqi National Congress ended successfully, Khabat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 645, Erbil, Wednesday, 4 November 1992, p 1.

4. Ibrahim Ahmad, Jani Gel, translated by Muhammad Qazi and Ahmad Qazi, (Tehran - Agah Publishing Institute - 1358 H. Sh), pp 1, 9 - 10, 199.

5. Harvey Morris and John Bulloch, No Friends But the Mountains, translated by Raj Al-Muhammad, Third Edition, (Qamishli - Dar Naqsh - 2020 AD), pp 199, 201 - 202, 204, 207, 211 - 212.

6. I chose between governance and journalism.. and I chose journalism!, Al-Ittihad Newspaper, organ of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, issue 2, First Year, Erbil, Saturday, 7 November 1992 AD, p 55.

6.7. Aram Ismail Kurdistani, Govand Encyclopedia, (Soran - Ahmed-i Khani Cultural Society - 2018 Z), p 50.

8. President Barzani offers condolences to Mr. Jalal Talabani and the family of the late Ibrahim Ahmad, Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 971, year 53, Erbil, Friday, 14 April 2000 AD, p. 2.

9. The Political Bureau of our Party offers condolences on the passing of the late Ibrahim Ahmad, Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 971, year 53, Erbil, Friday, 1414 April 2000 AD, p. 2.