Biography

Said Ababakr was born in 1910 in the village of Palana, affiliated with the Sherwan Mazin sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. On June 21, 1932, he and his family fled to the Republic of Turkey. Later, they were handed back to the Kingdom of Iraq by the Republic of Turkey, and Said was made a soldier at the Birakepra police station. Before going to the Soviet Union, he was married, and his wife's name was Mrari Aziz Abdullah. He studied in the Soviet Union and received a diploma from the institute in the agriculture department. In 1959, he was appointed as an employee in the agriculture department of the village of Silke. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he resided in the village of Palana. In the Year 1987, he was displaced by the government of Iraq to the Qushtapa complex.

He was proficient in both Kurdish and Russian languages. He passed away in 1993 in the Qushtapa complex and was buried there.

Struggle Record

On October 15, 1943, he handed over the Birakepra police station to the fighters and joined the ranks of the Second Barzan Revolution. On August 19, 1945, by order of the Iraqi military tribunal, all his movable and immovable property was seized. On October 11, 1945, after the collapse of the Second Barzan Revolution, he headed to Eastern Kurdistan. On March 31, 1946, he became a Peshmerga in the Barzani force affiliated with the army of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad. On April 29, 1946, he participated in the Battle of Qarawa in the Saqqez region.

 After the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan, on March 3, 1947, he participated in the Battle of Nalos, on March 13-14, 1947, he participated in the Battle of Gujar, and on March 19, 1947, he participated in the Battle of Naqada and Oshnavieh.

 He was among the Peshmerga who returned to the Sherwan and Mizuri region through the territory of Northern Kurdistan on April 19, 1947, via (Khwakurk and the Bazargir plain).

After their return, General Mustafa Barzani held a meeting with his companions on May 6, 1947, in the village of Argosh and gave them the choice to stay or go to the Soviet Union. There, all the companions decided to continue and go to the Soviet Union. On May 23, 1947, he accompanied General Mustafa Barzani towards the Soviet Union and participated in the Battle of the Qotur Valley and the Battle of the Maku Bridge. After much hardship and fatigue, on June 18, 1947, he crossed the Aras River, which is located on the border between Iran and the Soviet Union, into the Soviet Union.

After arriving in the Soviet Union, on June 19, 1947, he and all his companions were placed in the city of Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan for forty days in an open-air compound surrounded by barbed wire. They were guarded by a group of soldiers and were treated like prisoners of war in terms of food, clothing, and movement. Later, by decision of the Soviet government, they were distributed among the regions of Aghdam, Lachin, Ayulakh, and Kalbajar in the Republic of Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1947, they were moved to a military camp on the Caspian Sea in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and on the 23rd of the same month, they were given military uniforms and were trained for eight hours of military exercises daily under the supervision of officers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. At the same time, for four hours a day, they were taught Kurdish language lessons by some of their companions who were literate.

After the poor treatment by Jafar Baghirov towards his companions, it was decided to move the military camp on August 29, 1948, from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Charchuk complex near Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where they continued their military training.

In March 1949, he and his companions were transported by plane in groups and squads to Monyak Island in the middle of the Aral Sea, where he worked in the collective farms (kolkhozes).

After much effort and sending several letters by General Barzani to Stalin, a letter finally reached Stalin in which Barzani described the hardships of his companions, and he immediately ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the Situation of the Barzani companions. Eventually, the committee's decision was for them all to be gathered in the city of Vrevsky, so he went to the city of Vrevsky in the Soviet Union in November 1951.

In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abd al-Karim Qasim. On April 16, 1959, he and his companions returned to Kurdistan via a trip to Georgia through the port of Basra in the south of the Republic of Iraq.

 In the Year 1961, he participated in the Aylul Revolution and served as a Head of Branch. He participated in the battles of Pers, Mriba, and Ba'adre, and on June 14-15, 1963, he participated in the Battle of Sari Akre.

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