Biography

Abdulrahman Taha Ahmed, known as (Arif Abdulrahman), was born in 1920 in the village of Azga, belonging to the Salahaddin Subdistrict in the Shaqlawa District of Erbil Governorate. Before going to the Soviet Union, he was married, and his wife was named Habiba Sadiq. They had a son named Salih Abdulrahman. He was martyred in 1947.

Struggle Record

Abdulrahman Taha was a soldier in the Iraqi Royal Army. General Mustafa Barzani held a meeting with his companions on May 6, 1947, in the village of Argosh and gave them the choice to stay or go towards the Soviet Union. There, all his companions decided to continue and go towards the Soviet Union. On May 22, 1947, he accompanied General Mustafa Barzani towards the Soviet Union and was martyred on the way to the Soviet Union.

Sources:

1- Shawkat Sheikh Yazdin, Golden Jubilee of the Peshmerga, (Pirmam - Khabat Press - 1996 AD), p. 27.

2- Abdullah Ghafoor, Geographical Dictionary of Erbil, (Erbil - Publications of the Kurdish Academy - Haji Hashim Press - 2015 AD), p. 15.

3- In the memoir of the martyr commander Haso Mirkan Zhazhoki, 62 Days with Barzani, The Going of the Barzanis to the Soviet Union, First Edition (Erbil - Culture Press - 1997 AD), p. 125.

4- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.

5- Abbas Ghazali Mirkan, The Epic of Crossing the Aras, Faith and Justice Shattered the Enemies' Plan, Brayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, No. 3714, Erbil, Monday, June 17, 2002 AD, p. 3