Biography

He was born in 1917 in the village of Spindari, affiliated with the Shirwan Mazn district in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. Before going to the Republic of Kurdistan, he was married; his wife's name was Asma Abdulrahman Salih. After going to the Soviet Union in 1950, Suleiman Lach married Lutfiya Salim Abdulwalid in the Soviet Union. They had two sons and two daughters named Shukri Suleiman (1952), Zikri Suleiman, Madina Suleiman, and Enina Suleiman. His wife was of the Tatar nationality from the Crimean Peninsula. Suleiman was proficient in Kurdish, Turkish, and Russian languages.

Struggle Record

In 1931, he joined the ranks of the First Barzan Revolution. On April 3, 1932, he participated in the Battle of Meydandari Dola Vazhi. On June 21, 1932, he and his family were displaced to the Republic of Turkey. In 1943, he joined the ranks of the Second Barzan Revolution. On October 12, 1943, he participated in the capture of the Kherazok police station, and on November 10, 1943, he participated in the capture of the Mazni police station. On August 19, 1945, by order of the Iraqi military martial court, all his movable and immovable property was seized. 

After the collapse of the Second Barzan Revolution, on October 11, 1945, 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 May 3, 1946, he participated in the Battle of Milqareni, and on May 15, 1946, he participated in the Battle of Sardasht. 

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 25, 1947, he participated in the Battle of Havers and Haleji.

He was among the Peshmerga who returned to the Shirwan and Mizuri region through the Khwakurk road and the Barazgar plain to the territory of Northern Kurdistan on April 19, 1947.

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 of staying or heading towards the Soviet Union. There, all his companions decided to continue and head towards the Soviet Union. On May 23, 1947, he accompanied General Mustafa Barzani towards the Soviet Union and participated in the Battle of Gali Qotur 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 as 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 transferred to a military camp on the Caspian Sea in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On the 23rd of the same month, they were given military uniforms and, under the supervision of officers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, they were given eight hours of military training daily. At the same time, for four hours a day, some of their companions who were literate taught them Kurdish language lessons.

After the mistreatment of the Barzani companions by Jafar Bagirov, 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 distributed in groups and squads by train among the collective villages of the Soviet Union, where they worked on collective farms (Kolkhozes) (lands that people rented from the government and later gave a share to the government). 

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. He immediately ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the situation of the Barzani companions. The committee's decision was that they should all be gathered in the city of Vrevsky, so he went to the city of Vrevsky in the Soviet Union in November 1951.

After the July 14, 1958 revolution in Iraq and the return of General Mustafa Barzani on February 25, 1959, and in accordance with both the third and seventh articles and paragraph (A) of the tenth article, and by applying the eleventh article based on the amended Law No. 19 of 1959, he and his companions were granted a general amnesty. 

In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abdul Karim Qasim. On April 16, 1959, he and his companions returned to Kurdistan by the ship Gruzia via the port of Basra in the south of the Republic of Iraq. He stayed in Pirmam for three months and then settled in the village of Spindar.

 In 1961, he participated in the Aylul Revolution and was a battalion commander. From December 7 to 12, 1961, he participated in the Battle of Gali Zawita. He participated in the battles of Beri Zard, Spê Mountain, Dola Nehli, Gali Zakho, Suwara Tuka, Bani Nergiz, Ain Zala, and Chapanki Mountain. In 1963, he was martyred in the Battle of Chapanki Mountain, and his grave is unknown.

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