Karim Rahman Muhammad Faraj was born in 1956 in the village of Bani Shari, affiliated with the Khurmal sub-district. He was a villager and was busy with farming. For his primary education, he headed to the Khurmal sub-district and completed the primary stage. He fell into the forced military conscription wave of the Ba'ath regime and, after a short time, returned to Peshmerga service. Karim Rahman was married, his wife's name was Zafaran Salih, and he had one son named Jalal. He was martyred in 1985.
Struggle HistoryMartyr Karim Rahman Muhammad became a Peshmerga in 1981 in the Third Battalion of the Surin force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which at that time had its headquarters in Khor-Nawazan of the Hawraman region. In 1981, he participated in the battle of Razla and Parazan and the guerrilla battle of the Sharazur plain, and in 1985, the battle of Hilampi. In 1984, he attained the rank of Section Commander affiliated with the Third Battalion of the Surin force.
In 1985, after the recapture of several military positions of the Ba'ath regime on the heights of Hilampi in the Hawraman region by the Peshmerga force, in which Karim Rahman participated, the Ba'ath regime's artillery later shelled their previous positions, and Karim Rahman Muhammad was hit by a shell and was martyred. His comrades transported the body of Karim Rahman to the village of Ahmad Awa, where they buried him.
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.