Biography

Dr. Abdullah Aziz Khalid Muhammad, known as (Abdullah Agrin), was born in 1949 in the city of Sulaymaniyah. He goes back to the Barzanji sheikhs, to the Sheikh Isa branch of the Barzanji, in the Naqshbandi family of Mulla Muhammad Mulla Osman Balkhi (1830 - 1906), known as Mehwi. He graduated from the electrical department of the Sulaymaniyah Seminary in 1966. He was appointed as a teacher in 1968. In 1968, he became a journalist in the Arabic newspapers (El Teexhi and Deng Mamoste and Birayetî). In 1969, he published the story "Kole Mergê" in Kurdish - Central Kurmanji in two volumes of 88 pages in the city of Sulaymaniyah. In 1971, he became a member of the editorial board of the Dengê Mamosta magazine, which was the organ of the Sulaymaniyah branch of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union. In 1971, he published his articles in the Dengê Mamosta magazine. In 1973, he published a collection of stories in Kurdish - Central Kurmanji titled (Agira kefê çoklar te vêmîrê) in two volumes of 70 pages in Baghdad. In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he went to the Kingdom of Iran, but soon returned to Southern Kurdistan.

In 1984, he received his bachelor's degree in Kurdish Language and Literature from Baghdad University. In 1986, he published the book (Derbarê Mehwiyê Lütke) with a group of writers in Baghdad. On Monday, July 25, 1994, he received his master's degree in Kurdish Literature with the title "Kurdish Poetry Between the Years (1918 - 1930)" from the College of Literature of Salaheddin University in Erbil. In 1995, he was accepted as a graduate student in the Kurdish Department of Salaheddin University (Hewlêr). On Thursday, March 18, 1999, he received his doctorate in Kurdish Literature with the title "The Influence of National Thought in Kurdish Short Stories in Iraqi Kurdistan (1961 - 1970)" from the College of Literature of Salaheddin University (Hewlêr). In 2005, he became a lecturer at Salaheddin University (Hewlêr) in the Kurdish department with the title of assistant professor. He is an expert in Kurdish and Arabic languages.

Worksheet

He joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1959. In 1961, he was briefly detained by the Iraqi government's security services for political activities. In 1962, he became the head of the Sulaymaniyah Industrial Training Center (Kurdistan Students' Union). In 1962, he became a member of the secretariat of the Kurdish National Students' Union (First Congress). In 1964, he joined the ranks of the Kurdish Freedom, Life and Unity Association (Kajek). From December 8, 1969 to March 6, 1975, he was the head of the Sulaymaniyah branch of the Kurdish Freedom, Life and Unity Association (Kajek). In 1970, he became a member of the Sulaymaniyah Preparatory Committee for the Third Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union.

On February 2, 1972, he was a representative of the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union in the city of Erbil. From May 25, 1972 until the defeat of the September Revolution, he was a member of the leadership of the Kurdish Freedom, Life and Unity Association (Kajêk). On February 1, 1974, he was a representative of the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union in the city of Sulaymaniyah. In 1974, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga of the September Revolution. On April 18, 1974, he was a representative of the Peace Palace Congress of the Kurdish Writers' Union near the town of Çoman, in the province of Erbil. In 1974, he was the editor-in-chief of the Voice of Kurdistan of Iraq Radio. In 1974, he was a teacher of the Human Society Development course in the fifth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Training School in the village of Zinûya Şêxî, in the province of Erbil. In 1974, he became the administrative director of the sixth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Training School in the village of Zinûya Şêx.

In 1991, he participated in the Southern Kurdistan Uprising. On October 7-10, 1991, he was elected as a member of the Political School of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (PASOK) by the representatives of the Qelaçıwalan Congress. In the years (1991-1992), he was responsible for the communication of the Kurdistan Front. On March 19, he participated in the Kurdistan Front meeting to determine the date of the Kurdistan National Council elections and the economic and security situation in Southern Kurdistan. In early 1992, on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party, he participated in the Kurdistan Front meeting to establish the Supreme Committee for Monitoring the Kurdistan National Council Elections. On April 7, 1992, on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party, he participated in the Kurdistan Front's extensive meeting of the Pirmam to prepare for the Kurdistan National Council elections. On Thursday, August 20, 1992, he delivered a welcoming speech to the attendees on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party at the First Congress of the Kurdistan Unity Party in Erbil. On Thursday, August 27, 1992, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee by the representatives of the First Congress of the Kurdistan Unity Party. In 1992, he was a candidate on the unity list for the Kurdistan National Council elections. In 1992, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Unity Party by the representatives of the congress. In 1992, he became the head of the communications department and a member of the research and studies department of the Kurdistan Unity Party. In 1992, he participated in the First Congress of the Kurdistan Artists Union in Erbil.

In 1993, after the fourth unification, he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – United (Yazdemin Congress). In mid-December 1994, he participated in the political management meeting of the Kurdistan Front. On February 8, 1996, he was a member of a delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – United that participated in the celebration of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in Tehran.

In 1998, he became the executive director of the eleventh round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Training Conference in the city of Erbil. In 1999, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Twelfth Congress) by the congress delegates and ranked sixth. On December 28, 1999, he was appointed as the second in charge of the central school for research and training of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the Political School of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On Tuesday, July 4, 2000, he participated in the opening of the Mukriyani Printing and Publishing Institute in the city of Erbil. In 2001, he became the in charge and teacher of the History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party course in the twelfth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Training Conference in the city of Erbil. On Wednesday, December 4, 2001, he attended the Third Congress of the Kurdistan National Movement in the city of Erbil.

On Saturday, July 28, 2001, he attended the opening of the Tenth Congress of the Kurdistan Students' Union in the city of Erbil with President Masoud Barzani. In 2002, he was in charge of the thirteenth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Cadres' Convention in the Pirmam municipality, Erbil province. In 2003, he was in charge of the central school of national relations, Erbil province. In 2004, he was in charge of the fourteenth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Cadres' Convention in the Pirmam municipality, Erbil province. On August 4, 2010, he attended the opening of the Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union in the city of Erbil. In 2010, he was a representative of the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

His works:

1 - Kulemergi – 1969.

2 - The fire of your words extinguishes – 1973.

3 - Al-Nidal Al-Dûub (The Endless Struggle) – 1974.

4 - Kurdistan or the Land of the Kurds – 1974.

5 - Santa Claus the Stranger – 1978.

6 - Temple – 1980.

7 - Shepherd – 1984.

8 - Bisme – 1986.

9 - About the Summit – 1986.

10 - Correction of the Poetry Collection of Mihemed Salih Dilan – (First Edition – 1987), Second Edition – 2013.

11 - Correction of the Chamber of Deputies Mukri – 1988.

12 - Shukri Fezli – Kurdish Political and National Poet (1882 – 1926) – 1988.

13 - Correction of the Diwan of Shukri Fezli – 1988.

14 - Correction of the Court of Mirza Khafur – 1991.

15 - Kurdish Political Poetry in Southern Kurdistan – 1996.

16 - Kurdish Political Poetry in Southern Kurdistan (1918 – 1930) – 1996.

17 - The Work of Relations and the Art of Diplomacy – 1998.

18 - The Influence of National Thought on the Development of the Kurdish Short Story in Iraqi Kurdistan (1961 – 1970) – 1999.

19 - The Influence of National Thought on the Development of the Kurdish Short Story (1961 – 1970) – 2000.

20 - The Position of Kurdish Poets and Literary Artists Before the Uprising in Memory of January (Kameranan Mukrî) – 2010.

21 - All My Short Stories – 2013.

22 - A Big Page in the History of Kajek – 2013.

23 - The Proud History of Kajêk – 2015.

Source:

1 - Archives of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan.

2 - Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Graduate Guide for the Twenty-Fifth Semester 2005 – 2006, (Hewlêr – Salaheddin University – Salaheddin University Press – 2006), page 123.

3 - Voices and Basses of Salaheddin University, Brotherhood Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, No. 2131 and 2132, Thursday, July 20, 1995, page 2.

4 - Abdullah Aziz Khalid, The Temple, (Baghdad – Kurdish Enlightenment and Publishing Department – ​​(Dar El-Hurriyye Publishing House) – 1980), pages 1, 107.

5 - Abdullah Aziz Khalid, Şivan, (Hewlêr – Ronakbîrî Press – 1984), pages 1, 112.

6 - Abdullah Aziz Khalid, About the Summit, (Baghdad – General Secretariat for Intellectuals and Youth of the Kurdistan Region – Sumer Press – 1986), pages 1, 3, 287.

7 - Meeting of the Political Administration of the Kurdistan Front, Briaretî Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – United, No. 2113, Wednesday, December 21, 1994, page 4.

8 - Abdullah Mela Aziz Mela Khalid Mehwi, All My Short Stories, (Hewlêr – Kurdish Writers' Union – Rojhilat Publishing House – 2013), pages 1, 384.

9 - Prepared and Interpreted by the Foreword by Abdullah Agrin, The Poetry Collection of Mihemed Salih Dilan, Second Edition, (Hewlêr – Çarçıra Press – 2013), pages 1, 430.

10 - Article of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party presented by Comrade Abdullah Agrin, People's Newspaper (El-Shaeb), Issue 52, Tenth Year, September 1992, pages 1, 5.

11 - Final Declaration of the Unity Congress of the Kurdistan Unity Party, People's Newspaper (El-Shaeb), Issue 52, Tenth Year, September 1992, pages 1, 7.

12 - Ruud Huff and Mikhël Lîzenberg and Peter Müller, The Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan of May 19, 1992: A Democratic Experiment, Translated by Safwat Rashid Sedqi, (Sulaymaniyah – Sulaymaniyah Committee of the Human Rights Organization in Kurdistan and the Dutch-Kurdistan Friendship Association – 1994), pages 30, 87, 91 – 92.

13 - Election of members of the new Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – Iraq, Gulan Al-Arabi Magazine, Gulan Culture and Communication Institution, Issue 41, Fourth Year, Hewlêr, October 31, 1999, page 15.

14 - Agrin, Kulemergi, (Sulaymaniyah – Kameran Press – 1969), pages 1 – 88.

15 - Şiwan Hüsên Şinîk Balêki, Gewher Namîq Salim 1946 – 2011: Life, Works and Political Role, Soran University, Faculty of Literature, 2016, (Unpublished Master's Thesis), pages 114, 200.

16 - Mustafa Neriman, Dictionary of Kurdish Writers and Authors, (Baghdad – General Secretariat for Enlightenment and Youth – As’ed Press – 1986), page 76.

17 - Cemal Baban, Sulaymaniyah, My Expanded City, Volumes One and Two, Second Edition, (Hewlêr – Aras Printing and Publishing House – Aras Press – 2012), page 159.

18 - Mustafa Neriman, Biblíografia Dusce Saly ya Bíblik Kurdî 1787 – 1986, (Baghdad – Ministry of Education and Communication – Kurdish Education and Publication Department – ​​(El-Zeman) Press – 1988), pages 78, 143 – 145, 151, 153, 352.

19 - Mustafa Seyid Ahmed, Bibliography of Kurdish Books 1787 – 1975, (Baghdad – Kurdish Knowledge Library – Kurdish Knowledge Library Publishing House – 1977), pages 172, 221.

20 - Abdullah Agrin, Kurdish Story and the Art of Storytelling, Dengi Mamosta Magazine, Organ of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union - Sulaymaniyah Branch, Issue 2, First Year, Sulaymaniyah, Jîn Press, May 1971, pages 19 - 23.

21 - Sulêman Mustafa Hesen, Kurds and the First Experience, (Hewlêr – Karo Press – 2017), pages 28, 31, 33, 38, 62, 69, 74 – 75, 100 – 102, 270, 279.

22 - President Barzani's representative prepares for the Third Congress of the Kurdistan National Movement, Briariety Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, No. 3276, Hewlêr, Thursday, December 4, 2001, page 1.

23 - Prepared by: Arî Farûq Hesen Nanekeli, The Institutions of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the September Revolution between 1961 and 1975, (Hewlêr – Ravza Publishing House – 2016), page 75.

24 - Opening of the Mukriyani Institution for Printing and Publishing in the capital of Erbil, Xebat Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, No. 983, Erbil, Friday, July 7, 2000, page 4.

25 - Election of the new Central Committee of 31 members and 9 alternate members, Xebat Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, No. 946, Hewlêr, Friday, October 15, 1999, page 15.

26 - Bawar Nureddin, Kurds and Kurdistan: Bibliography and Index in the Kurdish Book, Volume Two, Part One, (Tehran – Tehran Press – 2016), page 373.

27 - Bawar Nuredin, Kurds and Kurdistan: Bibliography and Index in the Kurdish Book, Volume Three, Part One, (Tehran – Tehran Press – 2016), pages 123, 130, 172, 218.

28 - Bawar Nuredin, Kurds and Kurdistan: Bibliography and Index in the Kurdish Book, Volume Three, Part Two, (Tehran – Tehran Press – 2016), page 293.

29 - Final Declaration of the First Congress of the Democratic Independence Party of Kurdistan (Pasok), Supplement to the Journal of Independence (El-Istiqlal), Organ of the Democratic Independence Party of Kurdistan (Pasok), Issue 1, December 1991, page 3.

30 - The party is responsible for developing national thought among the Kurdish people, Gulan Magazine, Gulan Intelligence and Communication Department, No. 337, Hewlêr, 5 July 2001, page 6.

31 - Cebar Cebarî, History of Kurdish Journalism in Iraq, (Baghdad – General Administration of Kurdish Culture – El-Umme Press – 1975), page 76.

32 - Habib Muhammad Karim, History of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – Iraq (in main stages) 1946 – 1993, (Duhok – Xebat Press – 1998), page 183.

33 - Dilshad Majid, First Congress of the Kurdistan Artists' Union, Kurdistan New Newspaper, Organ of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Issue 84, First Year, Tuesday, May 5, 1992, page 5.

34 - History of Party Cadre Periods, From the Mountain to the City, (Hewlêr – Research and Studies Center and Party Academy – Rojhilat Press – 2019), pages 45, 106 – 107, 109 – 110, 112 – 114, 122 – 123, 173.

35 - Master's Thesis, Xebat Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – United, No. 735, Wednesday, July 27, 1994, page 16.

36 - Rêkar Ehmed, Unity and Disintegration, (Hewlêr – Behest Press – 2016), pages 63, 78.

37 - Seyid Ali Mojani, Solmaz Sedqi, Ilahi Nimeti ..., Dictionary of Contemporary Iraqi Men and Families, (Tehran – Azam Publishing House – 1392 AH), page 839.

38 - Şiwan Silêman Yabe, Guide to Kurdish Bibliographies, (Hewlêr – Kurdistan Knowledge Hub – Ministry of Education Press – 2006), pages 363 – 364.

39 - A delegation from the Party's National Relations visits the Political School (YNDK), Xebat Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, No. 1285, Hewlêr, Monday, 3 November 2003, page 2.

40 - Abdullah Agrin and his Doctorate on the Influence of National Thought on Kurdish Storytelling, Xebat Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – United, No. 918, Hewlêr, Friday, April 2, 1999, page 16.

42 - Abdul Khalid Sabir (Mamosta Khalid), Genealogy of the Old Families of Sulaymaniyah between the Years 1784 – 1914, Second Edition, (Beirut – Green Glory Press – 2010), pages 1377, 1379 – 1380, 1384.

43 - Ali Sincari, The Kurdish Case and the Arab Socialist Baath Party in Iraq, Part Three, (Duhok – Xanî Press – 2012), page 479.

44 - Abdullah Agrin, The Glorious History of the Qazik, (Hewlêr – Rojhilat Press – 2015), pages 14, 21.

45 - Abdulrahman Ma'ruf, Biography of the Writers of Hewlêr, Hewlêr Encyclopedia, (Hewlêr – Bedirxan Printing and Publishing House – 2009), pages 3710 – 3711.

46 - Eli Kemal Barzi, Famous Kurdish Personalities in the Twentieth Century, Volume One, (Hewlêr – Barzi Project – University Press – 1999), pages 188 – 189.

47 - Karzan Nanekeli, The Influence of National Thought on the Kurdish Short Story in Iraqi Kurdistan 1961 – 1970, Birayetî Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – United, No. 2801, Hewlêr, Sunday, March 21, 1999, page 8.

48 - Karwan Mehwi, Congresses of our Party, the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, Commentary Magazine, Central School of Research and Studies, Issue 14, Hewlêr, Hacî Hashim Publishing House, Fall 2010, page 21.

49 - The Second Branch, The Second Branch in Half a Century of Struggle, (Hewlêr – Aras Press – 2010), page 34.

50 - In Abdullah Agrin's Master's Thesis, Brirayeti Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – United, Issue 2001, Hewlêr, Monday, July 25, 1994, page 8.

51 - Mijde Saleyî, The Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union has ended successfully, Her Magazine, Organ of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Issue 31, Hewlêr, Rojhilat Press, October 2010, page 7.

52 - For (31) years, the Kurdish Leadership has oppressed this people, Newroz Newspaper, Newspaper of the Democratic Independence Party of Kurdistan (Pasok) Duhok branch, Issue 6, First Year, May 1992, pages 3-4.

53 - Mullah Faruq Şiwanî, All Kurds, Volume One, (Hewlêr – Ronakbîrî Press – 1997), page 110.

54 - Ehmed Şerîf Lek, Commentary on Historical Events, Volume Two, (Hewlêr – Rojhilat Press – 2019), pages 60 – 61.

55 - Master's Thesis, Briariety Newspaper, Organ of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan – United, Issue 2002, Hewlêr, Tuesday, July 26, 1994, page 8.

56 - Hawjin Heme Rashid and Henderin Sherzad, At the (10th) Congress of the Kurdistan Students' Union, Brirayeti Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, No. 3446, Hewlêr, Sunday, July 29, 2001, page 1.

57 - Wişyar Heme Ehmed Hecî, Kurdistan Teachers' Union: Some Aspects of the History of the Beginning and the Struggle 1962 – 1998, (Hewlêr – Kurdistan Teachers' Union – Secretariat School – Ministry of Education Press – 1998), pages 41, 58, 96, 110.

58 - A delegation from our Party participates in the celebration of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Brotherhood Newspaper, No. 2156, Pirmam, Wednesday, February 7, 1996, page 1.