Martyr Selim Shekho Ibrahim Qadir was born in 1950 in Kiwistan (summer pastures) of Mezra–Stirokan, affiliated with Sidekan district in Erbil Governorate. He was a villager and engaged in livestock raising.
In 1971, he joined the September Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Muhyeddin Sheikhzade Battalion, which at that time was part of the Barzan Forces. In 1975, he became a refugee in Iran, and in 1986, in Xelifan village of the Herti Plain, affiliated with Sidekan district, he fell into an ambush laid by agents of the Ba'ath regime and was martyred after a fierce battle.
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