Biography

Hadi Hasko Ibrahim was born in 1928 in the village of Vazhi, affiliated with the Piran sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. After the collapse of the first Barzan revolution, when Sheikh Ahmed Barzani and a large number of Barzani families took refuge in Northern Kurdistan, he and his family became refugees in the Republic of Turkey on June 21, 1932. However, after the Turkish authorities handed Sheikh Ahmed Barzani over to the Iraqi government in 1933, their family, like all the families who had taken refuge in Northern Kurdistan with Sheikh Ahmed, returned to Southern Kurdistan. His father, Hasko, was martyred in 1935 in Gali Shaketu.

 He studied in the Soviet Union and received an institute diploma in the agriculture department. He knew both Kurdish and Russian languages. He was martyred on May 12, 1966, in the battle of Baski Dere and was buried in the Beshe pass.

Struggle History

In 1943, he joined the ranks of the Second Barzan Revolution and participated in the battles. On August 19, 1945, by order of the Iraqi military tribunal, all his movable and immovable property was seized. On September 5, 1945, he participated in the capture of the Maydan Morik police station. After the collapse of the Second Barzan Revolution on October 11, 1945, and after the collapse of the Second Barzan Revolution, along with Mustafa Barzani and his companions, he crossed into Eastern Kurdistan. After the establishment of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, on March 31, 1946, he defended the Republic within the framework of the Barzan force.

 After the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan on March 3, 1947, he participated in the battles of Nelos and Miandoab. He was also among the Peshmerga who returned to the Shirwan and Mazuri region through (Khwakurk and the Barazgar plain) via the soil of Northern Kurdistan on April 19, 1947.

After their return, General Mustafa Barzani held a meeting with his companions on May 6, 1947, in the village of Argush and gave them the choice to stay or go to the Soviet Union. There, all his companions decided to continue and go to the Soviet Union. On May 23, 1947, he 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 into the Soviet Union at the Aras River, which is located on the border between Iran and 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. They were guarded by a group of soldiers and were treated as 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, were given eight hours of military training daily. At the same time, for four hours a day, they were taught Kurdish language lessons by some of their companions who were literate.

After the mistreatment of his companions by Jafar Bagirov, 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 to the collective villages of the Soviet Union and worked on 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 Mustafa Barzani to Stalin, finally a letter 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. Finally, the committee's decision was that they should all be gathered in the city of Vriviski, so he went to the city of Vriviski in the Soviet Union in November 1951.

After the July 14, 1958 revolution in Iraq and the return of General Mustafa Barzani, on February 25, 1959, according to both the third and seventh articles and paragraph (A) of the tenth article, and by applying Article (11) based on the amended Law No. 19 of 1959, he and his companions were granted a general amnesty.

In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abdul Karim Qasim. On April 16, 1959, he returned to Kurdistan with his companions by the ship Grozia via the port of Basra in the south of the Republic of Iraq. 

In 1959, he was the manager of a sugar factory in Mosul. In 1961, he participated in the Aylul Revolution In the same year, he participated in the battles of Mount Pires, Gere, and Baski Dere. On the night of June 14-15, 1963, he participated in the battle of Sari Akre. Also, by General Mustafa Barzani the command of the Peshmerga of Sari Sade above Gali Zenta was entrusted to him. On August 4, 1963, he participated in the battle of Barzan, and on August 6, 1963, he participated in the battle of Rezani. In 1965, he was a battalion commander, and in 1965, he participated in the battle of the Rawanduz front. On May 12, 1966, he was martyred in the battle of Baski Dere and was buried in the Beshe pass.

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