The Martyr Soran Ismail, known as Mamosta Soran, was a cadre and Peshmerga of the Gulan Revolution and the popular uprising of the people of Kurdistan. He was wounded once during his struggle in the ranks of the Peshmerga. He attained the ranks of member and active member of the local committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was martyred in the Year 1991 during the attack on the fortifications of the Ba'athist regime's army in Sartak Bamo.

The Martyr Soran Ismail, known as Mamosta Soran, was born in the village of Tawela in the Byara sub-district in the Hawraman region in the Year 1957. He completed his primary, intermediate, and preparatory stages in Tawela. In the Year 1981, he obtained a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Mosul. During his intermediate stage in Tawela, the Martyr Soran became involved with the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Kurdistan Students Union. After going to Mosul, he established two organizational cells within the University of Mosul, and at the same time, he was within the secret cells inside the city of Sulaymaniyah. His two sisters (Nermin and Kajal) helped him deliver messages and party instructions to the secret cells inside Sulaymaniyah.

After completing university, the Martyr Soran joined the ranks of the Peshmerga in the Year 1982 in the Tawela organization belonging to the Halabja local committee of the Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. The Martyr Kamil was the responsible for the organization at that time, and due to his experience and high level of organizational work, Nader Hawrami, the official of the Fourth Branch, initiated his transfer to be close to him at the branch headquarters.

In the Year 1983, he became a member of the Halabja local committee of the Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the Year 1985, he was transferred again to the Fourth Branch headquarters with both (Diari Hussein and Hama Taqi). At the same time, when Nader Hawrami was transferred in the eighties to the border of the Second Branch and became the branch official, the Martyr Soran moved with Nader Hawrami to the Second Branch until the Year 1987. In the Year 1987, he participated in the epic of Ahmad Awa, where he was wounded by shrapnel from an RPG in his head.

In the Year 1988, he became an active member of the Darbandikhan local committee of the Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, then he took over the responsibility of the border point in Qasme Rash.   

Soran and one of his Peshmerga comrades (Sayyid Nasr al-Din Hamid) were martyred in the Year 1991 during the attack to regain control of the Sartak Bamo fortifications that had been occupied by the Ba'athist regime soldiers, as a landmine exploded under their feet and they were martyred instantly. As for their comrade (Abbas), he was seriously wounded. The martyr was fluent in both Arabic and Persian. 

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Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party