Biography

Salih Muhammad Abdullah was born in 1928 in the village of Liri, affiliated with the Shirwan Mazn sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil province.

Struggle Record

In 1943, he joined the ranks of the Second Barzan Revolution (1943-19435) and participated in the battles. On 19 August 1945, by order of the Iraqi military tribunal, all his movable and immovable property was confiscated. In 11 October 1945, after the collapse of the Second Barzan Revolution, he went with his family to Eastern Kurdistan. In 31 March 1946, he served as a Peshmerga in the Barzan Force affiliated with the army of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad and participated in the battles of the Saqqez front in the Republic of Kurdistan.

He was among the Peshmerga who returned to the Shirwan and Mizuri region through the Khwakurk route and the Bazargir plain via the territory of Northern Kurdistan in 19 April 1947. After their return, General Mustafa Barzani held a meeting with his companions in the village of Argosh on 6 May 1947 and gave them the choice to stay or go to the Soviet Union. There, all the companions decided to continue and go to the Soviet Union. On 22 May 1947, he accompanied General Mustafa Barzani towards the Soviet Union. From 9 June 1947 to 11 June 1947, he participated in the battles of the Qotur people and the Maku bridge (Eastern Kurdistan), and in this battle, he was wounded and later martyred; he was buried in the village of Hawson (Eastern Kurdistan).

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