Rashid Ali Salim Sheikh Farukh, known as Rashid Bishuni, was born in 1936 in the village of Bishuni, Mergasor district, Erbil province. His lineage goes back to the family of Sheikh Farukh the Great, then they came to the village of Nahawand and later came to the village of Bishun in South Kurdistan. In 1932, after the failure of the first Barzan revolution, Rashid Bishuni's family became refugees in Turkey along with the Barzani family. In 1945, after the failure of the second Barzan revolution, he became a refugee in Iran. In 1975, after the failure of the Aylul Revolution, he became a refugee in Iran, initially in the Ziwe camp and later moved to the city of Isfahan, where he was settled under the close supervision of SAVAK. Two of his sons, named Salih and Nazat, are Martyrs.
In 1959, after Barzani's return from the Soviet Union, Rashid Bishuni joined Barzani. In 1961, after the outbreak of Aylul Revolution , he joined the Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan and participated in the battles of Shane-Sha, Garwa Bire, Khalashi, Bishun, and Kakla, standing against the advance of the Iraqi Army.
In 1962, he accompanied President Mustafa Barzani to the regions of Ranya, Pishdar, Sulaymaniyah, Chwarta, and Koya, then they returned to Heran and Nazanin in Shaqlawa district, where they seized the Nazanin police station and obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition. President Mustafa Barzani had great trust in him, so in 1962, on Barzani's order, he came to the Erbil plain with his other Peshmerga friends. After the Iraqi Army learned of their arrival, they attacked them, and they strongly repelled the attack at the Khanzad and Mala Omar curves, resulting in heavy losses to the Iraqi Army.
In 1963, by the order of President Mustafa Barzani, he went to the Mergasor region with other Peshmerga to prevent the attack and assault of the Iraqi Army. The same year, he was wounded in the Pirefat mountain of Mergasor district while defending against the army's advance. In July 1963, the army began a widespread attack on the area. Rashid Bishuni, as a front commander in Kolan-Dari, put up an unprecedented defense. After several attacks, the Iraqi Army bombed the area with napalm. As a result of that heavy bombing, six of Rashid Bishuni's Peshmerga, named (Hak Bardari, Hamo Bardari, Azo Kaloki, Osman Mahmud Kaklayi, Abdulrahman Pirani, and Hamid Zeti Gardi), were martyred, and 12 other Peshmerga and Rashid Bishuni himself were severely wounded. For 4 months, in the caves of Khalatawur, Bosi, and Bzhian, his wounds were treated by Dr. Mahmud Osman . It took 14 months for his wounds to fully heal, so he was given the title of Living Martyr by Sheikh Ahmad Barzani.
In 1966, after his wounds healed, he rejoined the Peshmerga Forces and participated in several major battles. From 1970 to 1975, by the order of President Mustafa Barzani, he was made responsible for the social aspect of the Bradost and Khwakurk regions and the villages bordering Turkey and Iran, to resolve the social problems of the people of those regions.
In 1976, after the outbreak of Gulan Revolution , he joined the Peshmerga Forces and was made a battalion commander.
In 1979, after the Iranian Revolution, at the request of Idris Barzani , Rashid Bishuni returned to the regions of East Kurdistan and settled in the Ziwe camp.
In 1981, along with several other Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution, they returned to South Kurdistan to carry out several partisan activities and participated in several battles in the areas of Qarnaga, Pusht Ashan, and Shiremar against the Iraqi Army. He and his force remained in that region for four months. After carrying out the partisan activities, after four months, he returned to East Kurdistan. The same year, 1981, he was wounded in an imposed battle on the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Oshnavieh, and one of his cousins, who was also his son-in-law, named Hussein, was martyred.
In 1983, in Alwatan of Sardasht, he was severely wounded for the second time. The same year, he returned to South Kurdistan and the Qandil region to carry out partisan activities, where one of his brothers, named Qasim Ali Salim Sheikh Farukh, was wounded. In 1985, during the bombing of the Ziwe camp by Iraqi Army aircraft, one of his wives and three of his daughters were martyred.
In 1987, to carry out a partisan activity, he went to the village of Khelan in Mergasor district. On the Khelan bridge, they set an ambush for an Iraqi Army convoy, caused heavy damage to the army convoy, and took nearly 70 soldiers prisoner. In 1988, he participated in the famous Khwakurk epic against the Iraqi Army.
Later, due to the effects of his wounds, he became bedridden and was sent abroad for medical treatment. He passed away on July 3, 1988, while receiving medical treatment in Turkey.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.