Politician Ismail Arif Abdul Ghafoor Haji Ali, also known as Samko-Sarbast, in 1947, after the collapse of the Kurdistan Democratic Republic under the command of General Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979) He participated in the resistance against the Iranian army Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq in Baghdad, 1960 and in 5th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic PartyIn 1964, he was nominated by President Mustafa Barzani to become a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Sixth CongressHe was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in 1964-1965. He was secretary to President Mustafa Barzani.

Biography

Ismail Arif Abdul Ghafoor Haji Ali was born in 1924 in Sulaimani. He began his religious studies in Sulaimani in 1930 and in 1941 he completed secondary school and accounting courses He joined the Iraqi army in 1941 and left the Iraqi army in 1946 with the rank of Arif and joined the Kurdistan Democratic Republic. He died on February 16, 1999 in Azadi Hospital in Duhok. He was fluent in Kurdish, English, Arabic and Persian.

Khabatname

Ismail Arif Abdul Ghafoor Haji Ali, 1947, after the collapse of the Kurdistan Democratic Republic under the command of General Mustafa Barzani He participated in the resistance against the Iranian army in 1903-1979. He returned to South Kurdistan in the same year after the collapse of the Kurdistan Republic. He was arrested, tortured and sentenced to death on charges of participating in the Kurdistan Republic. In 1958, after the fall of the Iraqi monarchy, he was released from prison by free officers and joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Fourth CongressHe was a member of the founding committee of the open phase of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Baghdad.

In 1960 and in 5th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Partyin Baghdad, the presidential candidate Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979) Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). The September RevolutionIn 1963, he was the director of the cadre training school in Mawat village of Sulaimani province.

In 1964, after the extensive meeting of Mawat, he tried to form a third wing and later preferred the presidential wing and joined the general Mustafa Barzanihas done. The same year and in Sixth CongressHe was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and was appointed as a member of the Revolutionary Leadership Council in Iraqi Kurdistan (1964-1965) Secretary to President Mustafa Barzani. Representative Seventh Congresses 1966 andEighth Congress 1970 PKK.

In 1974, after the strained relations between the two countries Kurdistan Democratic Party He joined the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution for the second time in 1975-1976 after its collapse The September Revolution He lived as a refugee in Iran. After returning to Kurdistan in 1976, he was exiled to southern Iraq and then to Baghdad. In 1982, he was allowed to return to Sulaimani by the Iraqi government.

In 1991, he participated in the Kurdistan Uprising against Saddam Hussein's regime (1937-2006). He died on February 16, 1999 in Azadi Hospital in Duhok.

in his works:

1. Memories - Manuscript.
2. 1991. Shanomey Kchi Kurd.
3. Guli Sarbesti -
4. Diwani Sarbast -

Sources:

1. Rahil, one of the speakers of the September Revolution, Ismail Arif in Zama al-Khalood, Khabat newspaper, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Language, No. 912, Erbil, Friday, February 19, 1999.
2. Habib Mohammed Karim, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (in the headquarters) 1946 - 1993, (Duhok - Khabat Printing House - 1998m).
3. Hassan Latif al-Zubaidi, Encyclopedia of Iraqi Parties, (Beirut, Al-Arif Publishing House, 2007).
4. Shakib Aqrawi, Hard Years in Kurdistan: Important Political and Military Events in Kurdistan and Iraq from 1958 to 1980, Second Edition, (Erbil - Minara Printing House - 2007m).
5. Shaban Ali Shaban, Some Political and Historical Information, Third Edition, (Erbil - Rojhelat Printing House - 2013).
6. Ali Sanjari, The Kurdish Case and the Arab Baath Party in Iraq, Part III, (Duhok - Khani Printing House - 2012m).
7. Ali Sanjari, Pages from the Source of Memory in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, (Duhok - Khani Printing House - 2015m.
8. Mohammed Mullah Qadir, Khabatname Short History of the Party and Culture of the Late Barzani, Second Edition, (Erbil - Aras Publishing House - 2007).
9. Massoud al-Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume III, (Erbil, Ministry of Education Printing House, 2002).
10. Ismail Arif, a patriotic personality and Peshmerga of the September Revolution, passed away. Biryati newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), No. 2780, Erbil, Thursday, February 18, 1999.