Biography

Bland Ismail Jarjis, known as Bland Sheikh Wasani, was born in 1965 in the village of Sheikh Wasanan in the Shaqlawa district of Erbil province. He completed his primary education in the village of Sheikh Wasanan, then studied middle school in Balisan, completed the ninth grade in the Harir sub-district, and in 1984 completed the Teachers' Institute in Erbil. In 2006, he received a Bachelor's degree in Law from the evening law department of Salahaddin University-Erbil. In 1988, after the Anfal campaign, he became a refugee in the country of Iran. He is proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian languages.

Struggle History

In 1982, he joined the secret organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and became a member of the main Hirsh cell affiliated with the Shaqlawa regional committee. In 1984, he became the person responsible for the Agirin organizational committee of the secret organizations in the Harir sub-district area. In 1986, he assumed the responsibility of the Balen organizational committee affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Students and Youth Union. He carried out various activities in the Harir sub-district, such as putting up party posters and distributing publications.

In 1987, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Shaqlawa regional committee. He participated in several battles and confrontations against the Ba'ath regime. In 1988, after the Anfal campaign was carried out against the Kurdish civilian population by the Ba'ath regime, he remained inside Kurdistan for eight months and participated in several partisan activities, including the battle of Dari Zewe, a partisan activity inside the town of Harir, hitting a military vehicle in the village of Khate, the battle of Dol-e Baleyan, and hitting a military vehicle in the Dol-e Balisan valley.

In the summer of 1989-1990, he was a cadre of the Qandil group and came back into Kurdistan secretly as a detachment several times. In 1989, he became an administrator of the Erbil branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Students and Youth Union. In the same year, he was a member of the media department of the Second Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was a member of the editorial board of Safin magazine. In 1990, he became a cadre of the Shaqlawa regional committee.

In 1991, he participated in the popular uprising of Southern Kurdistan and was the representative of the Party on the Kurdistan front in Shaqlawa. In 1992, he became a member of the Dashti Erbil regional committee. In the same year, he participated in the ninth cadre course and graduated in second place. In 1993, he became an administrator of the Dashti Erbil regional committee. In 1994, he became the deputy head of the same regional committee. After the outbreak of the civil war, he supervised the forces of the Dashti Erbil regional committee in the vicinity of Badawe in the city of Erbil. In 1995, he became the head of the Shaqlawa regional committee and participated in the battles to defend the rule of law in the areas of Shaqlawa, Shakrok, Heran, Mount Safin, Mame Jalka, and the battle against PKK militants in the village of Meroz in the Muzuri area.

In 1996, he became an administrator of Branch 2. In 2004, he became the head of the organization department of the same branch. He was a member of the Eleventh (1993), Twelfth (1999), Thirteenth (2010), and Fourteenth (2022) Congresses. In the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was elected as a reserve member of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2022, due to a vacancy in the Leadership Council, he became a permanent member of the Leadership.

In 2014, he became the deputy head of Branch 16 of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2006, he became the head of the Safin Branch 24 in the Shaqlawa district. In 2017, he became the head of Branch 16 of the Party. In 2022, he became the head of Branch 2, and in 2025, he became the head of Branch 10 of Soran.

He has published several publications, poetry booklets, and political articles. In 1989, he printed a poetry booklet titled "The Sheikh Wasanan Tragedy". In 1990, he printed a poetry booklet in Badinan titled "I Saw Qandil Bow Down". He has several short stories published and printed before the uprising. He has published several poems in the publications: Safin, Rizgari, Halwesti Adabi, Kermanj, and Sirwa. After the uprising, he published political poems in the magazines Peshkawtin and the newspapers Brayati and Khabat. He was the editor-in-chief of Hawre and Koya magazines and held the concession for Hawre magazine in the city of Koya.

Source:

1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of Kurdistan Democratic Party.