Abdullah Sadiq Ahmad-Saib Taha, known as Rais Abdullah Barwari and Dûpishk, officer and Politician, in the Year 1945 joined the ranks of the Rizgari Kurd Party and served under the secret name (Dûpishk), in 1950 joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1950 he joined the ranks of the Levy Army, on May 3, 1955 he participated in a six-month course of the Iraqi Army and graduated with the rank of Second Lieutenant, in the Year 1979 9th Congress was elected as a member of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1981 he passed away in the city of Vienna.

Biography‌

Abdullah Sadiq Ahmad Saib Taha was born in Duhok Governorate, in the Year 1945 joined the ranks of the Rizgari Kurd Party and served under the secret name (Dûpishk), in 1950 joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1950 he joined the ranks of the Levy Army which was under the supervision of the British Army, on May 3, 1955 he participated in a six-month course of the Iraqi Army and graduated with the rank of Second Lieutenant, in 1960 he received the honor of membership in the Party, in the years (1965-1967) due to political activity he was imprisoned by the Intelligence Agency of the Iraqi Army in the Nugra Salman prison and was dismissed from the ranks of the Iraqi Republican Army, in 1967 after his release from prison he joined the ranks of the revolution with the rank of Captain,

Struggle Record

Abdullah Sadiq Ahmad-Saib Taha in 1967 was the commander of the Third Battalion of Surdash affiliated with the Rizgari Force affiliated with the Third Army, in 1967 he was the deputy commander of the Rizgari Force affiliated with the Third Army, in 1968 he participated in the battle of Surdash against the Iraqi Army force, on November 6, 1969 he was one of the commanders of the Marga battle in the border of Sulaymaniyah Governorate against the Iraqi Army campaign, at the end of 1969 he was one of the commanders of the battle of Surdash in the border of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the years (1969-1970) he was the commander of the Rizgari Force affiliated with the Third Army, in 1970 after the March 11 Agreement between the leadership of the Aylul Revolution and the Iraqi government, he was appointed as a Major as the commander of the Sixth Battalion of Surdash of the Border Guards (Haras al-Hudud).

In 1971, an arrest warrant was issued for him by the Iraqi authorities and he joined the Peshmerga forces, in 1974 he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces for the second time, in 1975 after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the Kingdom of Iran, in April 1975 President Masoud Barzani for the purpose of preparation for the Gulan Revolution he joined him. In the years (1976-1979) his house in the town of Karaj near the city of Tehran in the Kingdom of Iran was a shelter for those Peshmerga who were being transferred to the liberated areas and were returning there for the purpose of treatment, in 1977 he headed to the city of London for the purpose of treatment, in 1979 he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (9th Congress), in 1979 in the first meeting of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau, in August 1979 due to illness he requested political asylum in the United Kingdom.

In December 1979 he was the first official of the forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party which consisted of the Branch Two Committee, the Branch Three Committee, and the Branch Four Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and they were the starting center from Bamo Mountain, at the end of 1980 as a commander and member of the Military Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he participated in the battle of Haji Omaran affiliated with Erbil Governorate against the Iraqi Army force and was wounded in this battle, on October 28, 1981 he passed away in the city of Vienna due to liver cancer and was laid to rest there. On November 4, 2001, his funeral procession was brought back from the Haji Omaran border to Southern Kurdistan and he was buried in the Shakhke cemetery in the city of Duhok. He was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, English, and Persian languages.

Source:

1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.