He was born Salim Asaad Khoshawi in Year 1943 in the village of Bira Kapra, affiliated with the Shirwan Mazin district in Erbil Governorate. He studied until the third year of secondary school. He took refuge in Iran after the setback of the Aylul Revolution in Year 1975 and settled in the city of Karaj. Besides his mother tongue, he is fluent in Persian.
He joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution in Year 1961, and from the beginning of his joining until Year 1964, he was the personal guard of the Immortal Barzani. In Year 1964, he became a Commander of the Amidi force. He participated during the Aylul Revolution in several battles, including the Zawita-Jum Jihan battle between Zakho and Duhok, and the battles of Sidekan, Balakayati, Diana Plain, Dola Raqa, Mount Sefin, and various areas of Sulaymaniyah. He participated in Year 1974 in the Duhok Strait battle.
He was wounded in Year 1961 in the Zawita battle by shrapnel. In Year 1969, he obtained membership in the Amidi Local Committee affiliated with the First Branch. In Year 1964, he was a Delegate to the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 1970, after the March 11 agreement, he was appointed with the rank of Captain as Commander of the Third Battalion of the Border Guard at Bamarni Airport.
He joined in Year 1976 the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution and was a Commander of the Khabat force in Ziwi, Eastern Kurdistan. In Year 1979, he was a Delegate to the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
He participated in Year 1991 in the uprising of the people of Kurdistan. In Year 2010, he was a Delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. President Masoud Barzani awarded him the Immortal Barzani Medal at the same Congress, and he is now a Member of the Supreme Committee for the Barzan region.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Authority Kurdistan Democratic Party