Martyr Osman Ismail Mehmud was born in 1937 in the village of Melekan, belonging to the town of Khalifan in Erbil Governorate. He was a villager, worked in farming, and was married.
In 1961, he joined the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Balek force, which at that time was commanded by Hemid Efendi. He took part in the battles of Mount Zozik, Hasan Beg, Omer Axa's Geru, Sertiz, and Hindirena. In 1974, he was martyred near the town of Diana as a result of shelling by the Ba'ath regime.
1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia