Martyr Ismail Hassan was born in 1970 in the village of Malakan, affiliated with the Khalifan sub-district of the Soran district. He was a village resident until the destruction of the villages by the Ba'ath regime, when he headed to Erbil and resided in the Shawes camp, where he was busy with market business. He had a primary level of education. Ismail was married and had one son and two daughters.
In 1989, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution, in the force of Jamal Murtka he became a Peshmerga. In 1991, he participated in the popular uprising of the people of Southern Kurdistan against the institutions of the Iraq government and participated in the liberation of the city of Shaqlawa, Kore, Erbil, Pardi, and Kirkuk.
On March 31, 1991, after the retreat of the Peshmerga forces, Ismail and a group of comrades confronted a military force of the Ba'ath at the Shawes checkpoint in Erbil and was martyred.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.