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After the Peshmerga forces took control of the Balakayati and Sidekan areas, the leader of the Kurdish revolution, Mustafa Barzani, moved with a force of Peshmerga to the Khoshnawti area, in order to spread the activities of the revolution to all areas of Kurdistan to confront the enemy united from Zakho to Khanaqin.
Jadir Jangir Jadir, a Peshmerga and companion of Barzani to the Soviet Union, died in 1953 in the Soviet Union due to a traffic accident and was buried there.
The Battle of Sarchiya is considered one of the epics written by the Peshmerga in the Aylul Revolution to defend the land of Kurdistan, on April 16, 1974, in various areas.
When the Iraqi government decided to resume battles against the Kurdish revolution in 1974, it began launching its attacks on Kurdistan with great and strong military preparation. Its campaigns continued day and night, supported by tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and the air force. The vanguard of the Iraqi Army reached the Bitwen area in August and began launching attacks on the positions of the Peshmerga Forces on Mount Makok and its surroundings.
The Battle of Sinaw and Bardina took place in the summer of 1963 between the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi Army, supported by heavy weapons, artillery shelling, and aerial bombardment in the Spilik area west of the town of Khalifan, when the Iraqi government attempted to control the Barzan region. After a fierce battle and the martyrdom of 8 Peshmerga, a decision was made to withdraw the Peshmerga forces from those positions.
Masoud Mustafa Barzani became a Peshmerga in the early outbreak of the September revolution, and after that he founded the Parastin security apparatus, and became a prominent name in the revolution. Due to his participation in the March 15 agreement, and then after the setback of the revolution and the illness of President Mustafa Barzani, his role became more prominent in the establishment of the revolution and the outbreak of the Gulan revolution.
Sheikh Allah Ibrahim Sheikh Allah was born in 1949 in Erbil Governorate, joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Peshmerga in 1964, joined the Golan Peshmerga forces in 1980, was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in 1992, and in 2005 was a member of the Kurdistan Parliament, and is a recipient of the Barzani Medal.
This epic took place in the Erbil plain between the Iraqi Army and the Peshmerga Forces in late autumn of the Year 1965. The Iraqi Army attacked the bases and headquarters of the Peshmerga to reduce the threat to oil wells in Kirkuk and the descent of Peshmerga units into cities and towns. However, the army suffered a major defeat, incurred heavy material and physical losses, and failed to hit its target.
In late 1968, the Iraqi government, with the help and coordination of the old Political Bureau militants, launched a major counter-attack on the areas under the control of the Aylul Revolution. They were able to occupy a large geographical area in Garmian and Qardagh, but the revolution leadership launched a comprehensive attack to liberate these areas, and in November 1969, they were able to take control of Qardagh and several other areas and expel their forces from those places.
Bijan Jandu Ali, a Peshmerga and Comrade of Barzani to the Soviet Union, held the position of (Saqol - Wing Commander) and then (Fermandey Battalion - Battalion Commander) within the ranks of the Peshmerga. After returning from the Soviet Union, he became a university professor in Baghdad. He was martyred in the Year 1979 in the village of Hodar.
This battle took place between the Erbil Plain forces of the Peshmerga and the government-affiliated militias in late spring 1969 in the villages of Girdaz and Garzour in the Erbil Plain. In this battle, the Peshmerga forces were able to defeat the militias, inflict heavy losses on them in lives and equipment, and expel them from the area, in exchange for minor losses among the Peshmerga forces.
The epic of Mount Heybat Sultan took place on June 25, 1963, when the Iraqi government resumed its military campaign against Kurdistan, despite the army and agents suffering a major defeat in the first attack. But in the second attack, they were able to seize Mount Heybat Sultan, because the Peshmerga forces retreated to Ranya and Betwata.
