Biography

Commander Brigadier Omar Mirxan Ghazali was born in 1939 in the village of Zhazhuk, which belongs to the Mergasor district, into a revolutionary family. In his childhood, he and his family were displaced to Eastern Kurdistan in Iran in 1945. His family participated in the defense of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad. Two of his brothers, named Ghazali Mirxan Zhazhuki and the Martyr Haso Mirxan Zhazhuki, were companions of Barzani the Immortal to the former Soviet Union. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he and his family were displaced to Iran. Initially, he was in Zewe and later moved to Jahrom, Rafsanjan, and Qazvin. After the fall of the Iranian regime in 1979, he returned to Eastern Kurdistan and in 1980, he settled in the Mahabad area. Two of his brothers, named Yusuf Mirxan Zhazhuki and Haso Mirxan Zhazhuki were Gulan Revolution martyred. He passed away on August 3, 2023, at the age of 84 and was buried in the cemetery of the village of Zhazhuk in the Barzan region.

Struggle Record

Omar Mirxan Ghazali joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution in 1963. In 1963, he participated in the battles of Kiwerash, Asos, Glezar, and Sengeser. Until 1970, he was in the Kawa Force, whose commander was his brother Haso Mirxan  Ghazali. In 1974, he received the rank of Lieutenant and was on duty in the Qaladze border guard force. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he and his family were displaced to Iran. In 1980, with a detachment, he first went to Qasmerash in the Sardasht area, from there to Lolan, and then established a headquarters in Khwakurk.

In 1988, he visited the areas under the control of the revolution in the field and, together with Ghazali Mirxan, the commander of the Hamrin Force, struck the enemy forces. He was one of the commanders who participated in the epic of Khwakurk and participated in the Uprising. After the 1991 Uprising, he received the rank of Battalion Commander and then became the Commander of the President's Office Battalion in Pirman. He participated in the Twelfth Congress of the Party in 1999 and the Thirteenth Congress in 2010. At the 13th Congress, he was awarded the Barzani the Immortal Medal by President Masoud Barzani.

 In 2014, he participated in the war against the ISIS terrorists on the Gwer-Makhmur front and in the recapture of Baqirte, Ali Awa, Jadida, Dwurkan, and Sultan Abdullah. For a period, his special force was transferred to the Support Forces One affiliated with the Ministry of Peshmerga..

Omar Mirxan Zhazhuki was wounded five times in his Peshmerga life, and several members of his family, such as his cousin Ali Taha Zhazhuki in 1963, his nephew Mirxan Haji Mirkhani, his nephew Salih Haji Mirkhani, his niece Kkshar Khidri in 1983, and two nephews named Ali Haso Mirxan in 1994 and Khalil Ghazali Mirxan in 1995, were martyred.

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Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board