Muhammad Yusuf was born in 1930 in the village of Habayan in the Zarari region, affiliated with Shaqlawa district. He was a villager and had a primary level of education. In 1959, he became a policeman in Erbil Governorate and was later transferred to the Koya Citadel. In the Year 1961, at his own request, he was transferred to the Shaqlawa District Police Station. Martyr Muhammad had two wives named Bahia Faqi and Najiba Mawlud, and he had two sons and three daughters named Fakhr, Lashkari, Jawahir, Najiba, and Nazanin.
Struggle RecordMartyr Muhammad, along with his police duties in the Year 1961 when he was transferred to Shaqlawa, joined the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the secret cell of Mahmud Kawani.
In November 1961, on the recommendation of Mahmud Kawani, he went to the village of Bile in the Barzan region for several secret activities.
After returning from the village of Bile, he took three weapons of the (semi-nine) type from the Shaqlawa Police Station and joined the Peshmerga. He joined the Safin Battalion, and Mahmud Kawani granted him the rank of Deputy Platoon Leader in the platoon of Sergeant Samad.
Martyr Muhammad participated in the battles of the village of Bile in the Barzan region, the Betwata Plain, the Koya Plain, and Haybat Sultan.
Martyr Muhammad was martyred in the Year 1964 in the Battle of Haybat Sultan along with a Comrade of his named Hashim Ali Bot. In this battle, a large force of the regime, consisting of all the soldiers of the Fifth Corps of Erbil and all the Jash (pro-government militias) at the disposal of the former Iraq regime at that time, participated and attacked the Koya Plain and the Haybat Sultan Mountain.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.