Maruf Qadir Ali, Known as Marf Chomani, was born in 1956 in the village of Chomani Swayl Agha in the Smilan sub-district, part of the Choman district of Erbil Governorate. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the Country of Iran and settled in the Bahram camp. In 1976, he became a refugee in southern Iraq. After staying in southern Iraq for two years, he returned to the land of his ancestors. In 1985, they were transferred to the forced camp of Qushtapa in Erbil Governorate. In 1988, he returned to the Diana camp.
In 1973, at the age of 15, he joined the Peshmerga force of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga with Jalil Sherkawayi. In 1991, he participated in the beginning of the popular uprising of Kurdistan in the city of Soran and played a high role. In 1992, after the formation of the Kurdistan Army, he became a Peshmerga in the 9th Battalion of Goshina, affiliated with the Najmadin Goroni branch. In 1997, he received the rank of Deputy Battalion Commander of the 1st Battalion in the 72nd Brigade of the Balak Army.
Martyr Maruf Chomani participated in several battles for the defense of the law and sovereignty of Kurdistan, such as the battles of Qasre, Haji Omaran, Bardabuk, Ashi Khidr Agha, Garwabeshe, Lolan, Khnere, and Mount Hasarost.
On the night of August 29-30, 1998, in a hand-to-hand battle with PKK fighters in the Gojar area at the Fatan outpost in Seriyani Dilman, he was martyred along with two of his Comrades. After his martyrdom, his body was burned and mutilated.
Source:1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.