Biography

Martyr Jamal Hamza Wasu Hussein was born in 1949 in the village of Ziyaret, affiliated with the Hiran sub-district. He was a villager and studied up to the primary level. He was married, and his wife's name was Samia Rashad. He had three daughters named Adiba, Kajal, and Farida.

Struggle Record

In 1961, at the beginning of the Aylul Revolution he, along with Mahmud Kawani, Jamal, and his brother Kamal, became Peshmerga and went to Mount Safin for duty. In the year 1962, after the martyrdom of Mahmud Kawani, they went to Hashim Papir and continued their Peshmerga struggle. Then they were transferred to the Shaqlawa area of the 2nd Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and continued their Peshmerga and political struggle. At the same time, they maintained their relationship with Hashim Papir, participating in battles and epics with him as Peshmerga.

In 1966, Jamal, Kamal, and their father were transferred to the 7th Ako Battalion under the command of Abbas Agha, affiliated with the 2nd Army of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Hamza Wasu, their father, received the rank of Head of Branch, and his sons Jamal and Kamal received the rank of Squad Leader. In 1969, their father Hamza Wasu was martyred, and they continued their Peshmerga struggle until the collapse of the Aylul Revolution in the year 1975.

In 1975, after the collapse of the revolution, they became refugees in the country of Iran and settled in the city of Naqada. In that same year, they reconnected with Mullah Gharib and continued their Peshmerga struggle as Peshmerga of the Area Committee. In the year 1979, they participated in the 9th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Ziwe in Eastern Kurdistan. After the congress, they remained as Peshmerga of the 2nd Branch and continued their Peshmerga struggle in Hashim Papir's battalion, affiliated with the Shaqlawa Area Committee. Their headquarters were in Kupara and Konelajan. 

In 1983, the forces affiliated with the 2nd Branch Committee, along with part of the 1st Branch Committee force, were distributed on Mount Qandil and the villages surrounding the towns of Rania and Qaladize. Therefore, part of Mullah Gharib's force, Hashim Papir, Heso Mirxan Zhazhoki, and several Peshmerga of the 1st Branch Committee went to the heights of the village of Enze and Lewzhe behind the town of Qaladize. On the date of August 13, 1983, a large force of the PUK, with the guidance of people from the region, launched a major attack on this Peshmerga position. After a heavy, hand-to-hand battle, Jamal and his brother Kamal were martyred in the same trench. Along with them in that attack, a group of Peshmerga and commanders were martyred, including Martyr Amir Az, known as Martyr Kako, Martyr Sardar Amir Az, known as Sardar of Martyr Kako, Martyr Qadir, and Martyr Mamand Waisi. Also, the force of the 1st Branch Committee fell alive into the hands of the PUK forces; they were eight Peshmerga. They were executed by firing squad by PUK officials as prisoners of war and were martyred. In that same battle, Hashim Papir, as the force commander, was very severely wounded and remains disabled to this day due to the traces of that wound. Martyr Jamal's father was also a martyr of the Aylul Revolution era.

By the order of President Masoud Barzani in 2009, the remains of those martyrs were transferred to the Goratu sub-district in the Mergasor district with a proper ceremony and were buried there.  

Source:

Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.