Biography

Commander Liwa Omar Mirxan Xezali was born in 1939 in the village of Jajok in the Mergasor district into a revolutionary family. In his childhood, he migrated with his relatives to East Kurdistan in Iran in 1945. His family participated in the defense of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad. Two of his brothers, named Xezali Mirxan Jajoki and the Martyr Hiso Mirxan Jajoki, went with the immortal Barzani to the former Soviet Union. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, they migrated with his family to Iran. They were first in Zewe and later transferred to Jahrom, Rafsanjan, and Qazvin. After the fall of the Iranian regime in 1979, he returned to East Kurdistan and settled in Mahabad in 1980. Two of his brothers, named Yusuf Mirxan Jajoki and Hiso Mirxan Jajoki, were martyred in the Gulan Revolution . He passed away on August 3, 2023, at the age of 84 and was buried in the cemetery of the village of Jajok in the Barzan region.

Work History

Omar Mirxan Xezali joined the Peshmerga Forces of the September Revolution in 1963. In 1963, he participated in the battles of Keweresh, Asos, Gilezer, and Sengeser. Until 1970, he was in the Kawe force, which was commanded by his brother Hiso Mirxan Xezali. In 1974, he received the rank of Lieutenant in the border guard force of Qaladize. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, they migrated with his family to Iran. In 1980, he went with a group to Qasmerash in the Sardasht region, from there he went to Lolan, and later established his headquarters in Xwakurk.

In 1988, he visited the areas under the control of the revolution and, together with Xezali Mirxan, the commander of the Hemrin force, struck the enemy forces. He was one of the commanders who participated in the Epic of Xwakurk and participated in the uprising. After the 1991 uprising, he was promoted to battalion commander and later became the battalion commander of the President's Office in Pirmam. He participated in the 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1999 and the 13th Congress in 2010, and in the 13th Congress, he was awarded by President Masoud Barzani with the medal of the immortal Barzani.

In 2014, he participated in the war against ISIS terrorists on the Gwer-Makhmur front and the capture of Baqirte, Ali Awa, Jedide, Dugirkan, and Sultan Abdullah. For a time, his special forces were transferred to the First Support Forces of the Ministry of Peshmerga.

Omar Mirxan Jajoki was wounded 5 times during his time as a Peshmerga, and several members of his family, such as his cousin Ali Taha Jajoki in 1963, his nephew Mirxan Haji Mirxan and his nephew Salih Haji Mirxan and his nephew Kekshar Xidiri in 1983, and two of his nephews named Ali Hiso Mirxan in 1994 and Khalil Xezali Mirxan in 1995, were martyred.

References:

  1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.