Biography

Dr. Jargis Hassan Abdullah, known as Dr. Jargis, was born in the city of Duhok in Year 1945, completed his primary and secondary education stages there, joined the College of Arts at the University of Mosul in Year 1967, headed to the Soviet Union in Year 1971 for the purpose of completing his studies and left his membership in the Kurdistan Students Union, then headed to the Republic of Austria and in Year 1979 returned to East Kurdistan, held the Position of Minister of Education in the Kurdistan Regional Government from Year 1996 until Year 1999, and is proficient in the languages (Kurdish, Arabic, Russian, German, and Persian).

Struggle Pages

He became associated with the ranks of the Kurdistan Students Union in Year 1967, on 15 July 1970 he was elected by the members of the Sixth Congress as Deputy Head of the Kurdistan Students Union, in Year 1971 he became Member of the Central Committee for the Nineveh branch of the Kurdistan Students Union, in Year 1979 he was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the Congress Representatives of the Ninth Congress of the Party, between the years (1980-1985) he assumed the responsibility of the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he led the Battle of Bekova on the border of Duhok Governorate in participation with the forces of the Iraqi Communist Party, on 16 July 1985 he was appointed Member of the Organizations Department and Member of the Relations Department, in Year 1983 he was elected Member of the Politburo by the members of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1985 he was chosen within the twelfth team as responsible for the First Branch Committee of the Party, in late Year 1985 he was a lecturer on "The History of the Kurdish Liberation Movement in the Twentieth Century" in the eighth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the village of Razhan in East Kurdistan, in Year 1986 he was Member of the Central Inspection Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1988 he participated as one of the leaders in the Khwakurk epic on the border of Erbil Governorate against the attacks of the ground forces of the Iraqi Army, in Year 1989 he was elected by the Congress Representatives as Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in its Tenth Congress, in Year 1989 he was elected Member of the Politburo in the first meeting of the Central Committee of the Party, on 13 January 1990 he was appointed responsible for the Finance Committee, in early Year 1992 he was chosen for the branch supervision committee within the twenty-fifth team of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, on 19 March he participated in the meeting of the Kurdistan Front for the purpose of setting a date for the Kurdistan National Council elections and discussing the economic and security conditions of South Kurdistan, in early Year 1992 he participated as a representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the meeting of the Kurdistan Front with the aim of forming the Supreme Committee supervising the Kurdistan National Council elections, in mid-Year 1992 he was chosen as a candidate for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Yellow List) for the Kurdistan National Council, on Wednesday 11 August 1993 he published an article in Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was the concessionaire of Alternative magazine in Year 1993, in Year 1993 he was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified by the Congress Representatives of the Eleventh Congress, he was elected Member of the Politburo in the first meeting of the Central Committee of the Party, in Year 1994 he was the concessionaire of Kader magazine (second session), the theoretical magazine of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, on 4 May 1994 he signed the issue of the ceasefire and normalization of conditions in South Kurdistan in the joint meeting of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, on Wednesday 9 November 1994 he attended a joint meeting between the two politburos of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan which was held in the secretariat of the lawyer Jalal Hussam al-Din (1933-2017) known as Mam Jalal in the city of Erbil with the aim of ending the tensions between the two parties, on 8 February 1996 he visited the city of Tehran at the head of a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party to participate in the seventeenth anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, on 27 May 1996 he received in the presence of the engineer Mohammed Mahmoud Abdulrahman (1933-2004) known as (Sami), in the Pirman district of Erbil Governorate a delegation from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, on Friday 8 January 1999 he received in the presence of President Masoud Barzani in Pirman, Jalal Talabani and his accompanying delegation, in Year 1999 he was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the Congress Representatives of the Eleventh Congress, in Year 2000 he was appointed Head of the Board of Supreme Audit in the Kurdistan Regional Government (fourth cabinet), in Year 2005 he was appointed Member of the Inspection and Audit Body in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 2010 he was a Delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Erbil.  

From his works:

1- Turkey in the American Strategy after the fall of the Shah - 1990.

2- The Inflamed Iraq Kurdistan - 1984, translation.

Sources:

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

  2. Uriel Dann, Iraq under Qasim, translation and commentary by Jargis Fathallah, Part One, (Erbil - Aras House for Printing and Publishing and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012 AD), pp. 1, 512.

  3. Uriel Dann, Iraq under Qasim, translation and commentary by Jargis Fathallah, Part Two, (Erbil - Aras House for Printing and Publishing and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012 AD), pp. 1, 463.

  4. Clarification from the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq, Al-Ta'akhi newspaper, issue 1344, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, 29 May 1973 AD, p. 4. 

  5. Under the patronage of President Barzani.. An academic conference held about Kirkuk, Gulan Arabi magazine, Gulan Institution for Culture and Media, issue 59, fifth year, Erbil, 30 April 2001 AD, p. 25. 

  6. Bwar Noureddin, Kurds and Kurdistan Bibliography and their index in Kurdish books, Volume Two, Part Two, (Tehran - Tehran Press - 2016 AD), pp. 302 - 303.

  7. Plutarch, Lives, translation by Jargis Fathallah, Part One, (Erbil - Aras Publications for Printing and Publishing - Ministry of Education Press - 2005 AD), pp. 1, 656. 

  8. Plutarch, Lives, translation by Jargis Fathallah, Part Two, (Erbil - Aras Publications for Printing and Publishing - Ministry of Education Press 2005 AD), pp. 663, 1247.

  9. Plutarch, Lives, translation by Jargis Fathallah, Part Three, (Erbil - Aras Publications for Printing and Publishing - Ministry of Education Press - 2005 AD), pp. 1255, 1928

  10. Jabbar Jabbari, History of Kurdish Journalism in Iraq, (Baghdad - General Directorate of Kurdish Culture - Al-Umma Press - 1975 AD), p. 54. 

  11. Jargis Fathallah the lawyer, Iraq under Qasim Opinions and Thoughts 1958 - 1988, Part Two, (Sweden - Nabz House for Printing and Publishing - 1989 AD), pp. 666 - 668.

  12. Jirjis Fathullah, Men and Events in the Balance, (Beirut - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 9-19, 80, 101, 431.

  13. Jirjis Fathullah, Two Studies on the Margin of Sheikh Ubaidullah al-Nahri's Revolution, Second Edition, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House - 2010), pp. 1, 199.

  14. Jirjis Fathullah, The Kuwait Adventure: Face and Background, Part One, (Stockholm - 1991), pp. 1, 374. 

  15. Jirjis Fathullah, Views on Arab Nationalism until the Year 1970, Part One, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 585.

  16. Jirjis Fathullah, The Kuwait Adventure: Face and Background, Part Two, (Stockholm - 1991), pp. 375, 702.

  17. Jirjis Fathullah, Views on Arab Nationalism until the Year 1970, Part Two, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 597, 1196.

  18. Jirjis Fathullah, Views on Arab Nationalism until the Year 1970, Part Four, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1893, 2300. 

  19. Jirjis Fathullah, Views on Arab Nationalism until the Year 1970, Part Five, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 23909, 2784.

  20. Jirjis Fathullah, The Awakening of the Kurds, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 701. 

  21. Jirjis Fathullah, The Awakening of the Kurds: Political History 1900-1925, translated by Hassan Jaf, Part One, (Duhok - Mukriyani Research and Publishing Institution - Khani Press - 2009), pp. 1, 9, 344.

  22. Jirjis Fathullah, The Awakening of the Kurds: Political History 1900-1925, translated by Hassan Jaf, Part Two, (Duhok - Mukriyani Research and Publishing Institution - Khani Press - 2009), pp. 1, 345, 752. 

  23. Jamal Nabaz, Memoirs of Those Days That Will Never Return, (Sulaymaniyah - Shvan Press - 2017), p. 371.

  24. Hassan Latif al-Zubaidi, Encyclopedia of Iraqi Parties, (Beirut - Al-Aref Institution for Publications - 2007), p. 481. 

  25. Dana Adams Schmidt, Journey Among Brave Men in Kurdistan, translated and annotated by Jirjis Fathullah, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 352.

  26. Dana Adams Schmidt, Journey Among Brave Men in Kurdistan, translated and annotated by Jirjis Fathullah, Second Edition, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House - Ministry of Education Press - 1999), pp. 1, 464. 

  27. W.A. Wigram and Edgar T.A. Wigram, The Cradle of Mankind, translated by Jirjis Fathullah, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 446. 

  28. W.A. Wigram and Edgar T.A. Wigram, The Cradle of Mankind: Life in East Kurdistan, translated by Lawyer Jirjis Fathullah, (Baghdad - Al-Urubah International Publishing and Distribution Company Publications - Al-Zaman Press - 1971), pp. 1, 371.

  29. W.A. Wigram and Edgar T.A. Wigram, The Cradle of Mankind: Life in East Kurdistan, translated by Jirjis Fathullah, Fourth Edition, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House - 2010), pp. 1, 349. 

  30. History of Party Cadre Sessions, From the Mountains to the City, (Erbil - Party Studies and Research Center and Academy - Rojhalat Press - 2019), pp. 19, 22, 26, 32, 34, 54.

  31. Rizgar Nuri Shaways, We Issued Khabat Secretly in Baghdad After It Was Suspended, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 922, Erbil, Friday, April 30, 1999, pp. 8-9. 

  32. Rene Maurice, Kurdistan or Death, translated and annotated by Lawyer Jirjis Fathullah, (London - Kurdology - 1986), pp. 1, 143. 

  33. President of the National Council of Iraqi Kurdistan Receives Mr. Jirjis Fathullah, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 998, Erbil, Friday, October 20, 2000, p. 2. 

  34. The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament welcomes the patriotic personality Mr. Jirjis Fathullah, Brayati Newspaper, organ of Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 2821, Erbil, Monday, April 26, 1999, p. 1. 

  35. Said Nakam, Memoirs of Said Nakam, (Erbil - Aras Publications - 2003), p. 235. 

  36. C.J. Edmonds, Kurds, Turks and Arabs, translated by Jirjis Fathullah, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 623. 

  37. Mr. Barzani delegates a delegation to participate in the funeral ceremonies held for the soul of the great deceased, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, Al-Ta'akhi Newspaper, Issue 461, Baghdad, Dar al-Jahiz Press, Saturday, June 13, 1970, p. 5. 

  38. Sayyid Ali Mojani, Solmaz Sedghi, Elahe Nemati and others, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Iraqi Men and Families, (Tehran - Ezam Publisher - 1392 AH), p. 303. 

  39. Sir Thomas Arnold, The Legacy of Islam, translated and annotated by Jirjis Fathullah, Part One, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 360.

  40. Sir Thomas Arnold, The Legacy of Islam, translated and annotated by Jirjis Fathullah, Part Two, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012), pp. 1, 319. 

  41. Shaban Saeed Muhammad, Me, Struggle, and Waves of Sorrow, (Duhok - College of Sharia Press - 2000), p. 42. 

  42. Shwan Hussein Shink Balaki, Jawhar Namiq Salim 1946-2011: Life, Works, and Political Role, Soran University, Faculty of Arts, Department of History, 2016, (Unpublished Master's Thesis), p. 207. 

  43. Sabah Mahdi Ramidh, Press of the Royal Era, (Beirut - Misr Murtada Institution for Iraqi Books - 2010), p. 58. 

  44. Tayeb al-Kishki, Selected Stations from the September 1961 Revolution, (Duhok - Duhok Governorate Press - 2017), p. 35.

  45. Adil Ghafoori Khalil, Public Opposition Parties in Iraq 1946-1954, (Baghdad - International Library - Al-Intisar Offset Press - 1984), p. 88.

  46. Abdul-Jabbar Abdul-Mustafa, The Experience of Frontal Work in Iraq Between 1921-1958, (Baghdad - Al-Hurriya Printing House - 1978), p. 129. 

  47. Abdul-Hamid Darwish, Lights on the Kurdish Movement in Syria, Third Edition, (Sulaymaniyah - Margaret Institution and Jamal Irfan Institution - Kamal Press - 2013), p. 157.

  48. Abdul-Razzaq al-Hasani, History of Iraqi Ministries, Part Seven, Seventh Edition, (Baghdad - General Cultural Affairs House - 1988), p. 41. 

  49. Abdul-Fattah Ali al-Butani, Studies and Research on the History of the Kurds and Contemporary Iraq, (Erbil - Spirez Printing and Publishing House - Haji Hashim Press - 2007), p. 436. 

  50. Abdul-Fattah Ali al-Butani, Pages from the Mosul Memory: A Collection of Articles, Interviews, and Topics on the Recent History of Mosul, (Erbil - Kurdish Academy - Salahaddin University Press, 2017), p. 335.

  51. Abdul-Majid Shawqi al-Bakri, The Mosul Epic on Communist Atrocities, (Mosul - Republic Press - 1963), pp. 26, 75-76.

  52. Farhad Haji, Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Living Kurds of Kurdistan: Jirjis Fathullah, Hazel Magazine, Issue 9, Summer 2008, pp. 19-27. 

  53. Faisal al-Dabbagh, Bibliographic Survey of Kurdish Newspapers and Magazines, Part One, Arab Gulan Magazine, Issue 11, Gulan Media Institution, Erbil, Ministry of Culture Press, April 25, 1997, p. 57.

  54. Revolutionary Command Council Decision No. 714, Al-Waqa'i' al-Iraqiyya Newspaper, Ministry of Culture and Information in Iraq, Issue 1896 A, Twelfth Year, Baghdad, Sunday, 5 July 1970 AD, p. 4.

  55. Revolutionary Command Council Decision No. 958, Al-Waqa'i' al-Iraqiyya Newspaper, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 1915 A, Thirteenth Year, Baghdad, Thursday, 3 September 1970 AD, p. 2. 

  56. Latif Nadir Rawanduzi, The Importance of the Kurdistan Intelligence Agency in the Great September National Revolution, Gulan Magazine, Issue 132, Erbil, 2 August 1997 AD, p. 46.

  57. Mam Jalal, Where did Khabat come from and how did it become the organ of the Party? And how was it managed? Khak Magazine, Issue 55, Fifth Year, Sulaymaniyah, Diler Offset Printing Press, 10 January 2002 AD, p. 5. 

  58. Mahmoud Fahmi Darwish, Mustafa Jawad, and Ahmed Sousa, Directory of the Iraqi Republic for the year 1960, (Baghdad - Ministry of Guidance - Al-Tamaddun Printing House - 1961 AD), p. 448.

  59. Muhammad Ali Ismail, My Memoirs: Seventy Years of Life and More Than Half a Century of Struggle, (No place - 2019 AD), p. 56.

  60. Masoud Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume Three, (Erbil - Ministry of Education Press - 2002 AD), pp. 253, 393.

  61. Mustafa Nariman, Dictionary of Kurdish Writers and Authors, (Baghdad - General Secretariat of Culture and Youth - As'ad Printing House - 1986 AD), p. 32. 

  62. Mala Faruq Shawani, All Kurds, Volume One, (Erbil - Al-Roshambiri Printing House - 1997 AD), p. 66. 

  63. Mahdi Muhammad Qadir, Political Developments in Iraqi Kurdistan 1945 - 1958, (Sulaymaniyah - Kurdistan Strategic Studies Center - 2005 AD), p. 188. 

  64. Mihvan Muhammad Hussein, Britain's Position on the Kurdish Issue in Iraq 1975 - 1980, (No place - Zakho Center for Kurdish Studies - 2018 AD), pp. 324 - 325, 343.

  65. Nawzad Ali Ahmed, The Press of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Outside the Homeland, (Sulaymaniyah - Jiyan Institution for Reviving Kurdish Documentary and Journalistic Heritage - 2010 AD), p. 33. 

  66. Henry Field, South Kurdistan: An Anthropological Study, translated by Jirjis Fathallah, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012 AD), pp. 1, 422.

  67. Henry Field, South Kurdistan, translated into Arabic by Jirjis Fathallah, (Erbil - Aras House - Education Press - 2001 AD), pp. 1, 4, 298. 

  68. Interview: Azad Abdulwahid, The Harvest of the Days of Ziwar Khatab, (Erbil - Rojhalat Printing House - 2019 AD), p. 57. 

  69. William Eagleton Jr., The Republic of Mahabad - The 1946 Kurdish Republic, translated and annotated by Jirjis Fathallah, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012 AD), pp. 1, 17 - 18, 83 - 84, 88 - 89, 91 - 98, 100 - 101, 232. 

  70. William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, translated by Jirjis Fathallah, Part One, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012 AD), pp. 1, 830. 

  71. William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, translated by Jirjis Fathallah, Part Two, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House and Al-Jamal Publications - 2012 AD), pp. 837, 1614.