Haji Mirhan Ahmed Suleiman was born in 1940 in the village of Khardan, part of the Mergasor district in Erbil Governorate. He studied until the primary level. In 1945, he and his family fled to Iran, and after the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, he returned to Southern Kurdistan. In 1975, after the Aylul Revolution he fled to the same country. He returned to the country after the Kurdistan uprising in 1991 and settled in the town of Pirman. In addition to his mother tongue, he is fluent in Persian.
Struggle PagesHe joined the Peshmerga Forces on May 1, 1959, and became a Peshmerga under his brother Hasso Mirhan. On July 7, 1962, he attained the rank of Wing Commander. In 1966, he was a Wing Commander in the Badinan region at Mount Gara. In 1968, he was the commander of the Third Battalion in the Aqra force. In 1970, he was a battalion commander in the same force until the March 11, 1970 declaration. At the same time, he was the official for the Akre (Aqra) Local Committee. In 1971, he became the assistant to the commander of the Ninth Border Guard Battalion in the Sheikhan district.
From 1967 to 1968, he took a military course at Mount Zagros in the city of Hamadan on (use of weapons, defense, attack, and leadership). In August 1969, he was wounded in his eyes during a fierce battle that took place in the Akre and Sheikhan regions. He was imprisoned for three months in 1967 by the Iranian SAVAK on the pretext of political activities.
He was a delegate to the ( Twelfth Congress and Thirteenth Congress) of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was retired with the rank of disabled Colonel. He is a member of the High Aylul Institution and the official for the Aylul Committee in Soran and Mergasor.
Among his published works:Garan bduay dadparwari-da
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