Martyr Osman Sharif Fathula was born in 1963 in the Penjwen district. After the defeat of the September Revolution, he migrated to the country of Iran and settled in Darbandi Dizli. After returning, he settled in the Said Sadiq district in the Sharazur plain. In the market of Said Sadiq, he owned a sweet shop. He studied up to the primary level, was married, and his wife's name was Dilsoz Hama Amin, and he had two sons and two daughters named Masud, Shakhawan, Chiya, and Shanaz. His daughter Shanaz froze to death from the cold on the border of Iran during the migration in 1991 and became a Martyr.
In 1978, he became a Peshmerga with Omar Haji Tutmani, who was affiliated with the Hawraman Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and their base was in Kani Sef on the border between Iran and Iraq. At the same time, Osman Sharif Fathula was a cadre in the Suren organization affiliated with the Darbandikhan District Committee of the Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Osman Sharif Fathula participated in the battles of Kani Sef, the battle of Ahmed Awa, partisan activities in the Sharazur plain, the battle of Halabja, the battle of Qaradagh, and the battle of the Sharazur plain.
In 1980, as a result of the bombing by the Ba'ath regime's warplanes on their temporary base in the village of Siyamewe in the Sharazur plain, Osman Sharif Fathula was severely wounded.
He participated in the 1991 uprising and the liberation of the city of Halabja, the Penjwen district, the Sharazur plain, the Arbat sub-district, the Darbandikhan district, the city of Sulaymaniyah, the town of Zarayen, the city of Kalar, the city of Jalawla, and the city of Kirkuk.
On March 21, 1991, during the liberation of the city of Kirkuk, near the Khasa bridge in the city of Kirkuk, a BKC bullet from the Ba'ath regime hit his head and he became a Martyr.
1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia