Biography

Aziz Habib was born in 1929 in the village of Bedarun, affiliated with the Goratu sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. He was originally from the village of Perasal and continued his studies in the Soviet Union in the field of agricultural specialization.

Struggle Record

Aziz Habib, on May 23, 1947, 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, towards the Soviet Union.

After arriving in the Soviet Union, on June 19, 1947, along with all his companions, they were placed in the city of Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan for forty days in an open-air compound surrounded by barbed wire, and they were guarded by a group of soldiers. They were treated like prisoners of war in terms of food, clothing, and movement. Later, by the 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 moved to a military camp on the Caspian Sea in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and on the 23rd of the same month, they were given military uniforms and, under the supervision of the officers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, they were given eight hours of military training daily. At the same time, for four hours a day, they were taught lessons in learning the Kurdish language by some of their companions who were literate.

After the bad treatment of Jafar Bagirov towards his companions, it was decided to move the military camp on August 29, 1948, from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Charchuk compound near Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where they continued their military training. 

In March 1949, along with his companions, they were distributed in groups and squads by train among the collective villages of the Soviet Union and worked in the collective farms (the lands that people rented from the government and later gave the government's share back). 

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

In 1958, the Republic government in Iraq was established under the presidency of Abdul Karim Qasim. Therefore, on April 16, 1959, he returned to Kurdistan with his companions on the ship Gruzia via the port of Basra in southern Iraq.  

In 1961, he participated in the Aylul Revolution and participated in the battles of Gali Zawita (1961), the Battle of the top of Mount Piras and Dari Nargzini (1963), and the Battle of Garu Kuzhe (1964). He was the financial and administrative officer in the Kawa and Halgurd forces. He was martyred in November 1969 in the Sangasar region and was buried in the Haji Omaran cemetery.

Sources:

1. Kurdistan Democratic Party, Political Bureau, Political Bureau Archive, Martyrs of the Aylul Revolution, 1968.

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