In 1959, he joined Kurdistan Democratic Party and, except for the First Congress, participated in all the party's congresses. In 1967, he became a battalion commander. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution (1961-1975), he was displaced to the country of Iran. In 1979, he returned to the Shaqlawa area in the form of a detachment. After the 1991 uprising, he returned to South Kurdistan. On August 16, 1993, he was awarded the Barzani Medal.
Rasul Faqi Khoshnaw was born in 1932 in the village of (Garute) in the Shaqlawa district of Erbil Governorate. Through studying the Holy Quran and the Faqi religious school, he learned to read and write. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he was displaced to the country of Iran and went to the city of Naqadeh in East Kurdistan and later went to the city of Karaj, where he remained until the fall of the monarchy. In 1991, after the uprising of the people of South Kurdistan, he returned to Kurdistan. He passed away on January 1, 2022.
In 1959, he joined the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and became a member of the Shaqlawa district committee. In 1962, when Barzani came from Badinan to Soran, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution . Rasul Faqi was close to Barzani, and according to his own words, until 1967, he held the rank of commander of the Third Battalion of the Safin Force, in the territory of the Safin Force under the command of Colonel Aziz Akrayi . After the March 11, 1970 agreement and the unification of the two Safin forces, he was assigned the task of deputy battalion commander. In 1974, he was made commander of the Safin Force.
In 1979, after the fall of the monarchy in Iran, he returned to Razhan and joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Gulan Revolution and formed several detachments and returned to the Badinan region as a mobile unit, and from there he went to the Shaqlawa region. In 1986, he returned to the Political Bureau Headquarters. In 1987, with President Masoud Barzani he went to the Badinan region and was there for a year and a half.
In 1988, after the Anfal and the chemical bombardment of the Balisan and Sheikh Wasan area, he returned to the village of Razhan in East Kurdistan and remained there until 1991. He participated in the uprising of South Kurdistan. In 1994, he was made commander of the Korak Force and was stationed in Pirmam, and he was entrusted with the responsibility of the Ziyarat and Pirmam area. After the establishment of the Aylul Agency, Rasul Faqi was made deputy head of the agency.
In his Peshmerga life, Rasul Faqi participated in several major battles such as the Battle of Mount Safin, Mount Makok, Waraw, Nawawa, Mount Shishan, and Mount Korak. Also, except for the First Congress, he participated in all the party's congresses.
On August 16, 1993, due to the services he had provided, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.