Martyr Kemal Elî Nadir Mihemed was born in 1947 in the Xurmal sub-district, which is part of the Halabja province. He was a resident of Xurmal, engaged in farming, and was a merchant in the Xurmal market; he studied up to the primary level. 

 

Martyr Kemal Elî Nadir Mihemed joined the ranks of the September Revolution Peshmerga in 1967 and became a Peshmerga in the Fifth Branch under the supervision of Hisên Begê Ciwanroyî, part of the Seventh Battalion of Biyare, commanded by Cemal Namîq, which was part of the Xebat force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. 

 

After news spread that Kemal Elî Nadir Mihemed had become a Peshmerga, his father, Kemal, was arrested by a chief collaborator (Jash) named Reşeyê Salih, and subsequently, all their agricultural lands and property were seized, and his family was expelled from the Xurmal sub-district.     

 

Kemal Elî participated in the battle against the Kolwane Surekan collaborators in the Xurmal sub-district in 1968, the battle of Erbet in 1968, the battle against the Kolwane Surekan on Mount Shinriwê in 1969, and the battle against the Kolwane Surekan collaborators in Ebabeylê near Halabja province in 1969. 

 

The Celali of Kolwane Surekan acted as guides and scouts for the Iraqi army of that time against the defensive positions of the Peshmerga forces in 1969, attacking the Ebabeylê position, and Kemal Elî was martyred by a bullet from the Kolwane Surekan.

Source:

1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia