Martyr Shakir Ali Mustafa, known as Shakir Chawshin, was a Peshmerga of the Aylul Revolution and was martyred in 1966 at the gorge of Omer Agha.
Martyr Shakir Ali Mustafa was born in 1945 in the town of Sidekan, belonging to Erbil Governorate. He was a village resident engaged in farming and studied through primary school.
In 1961, he joined the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Haji Beroxi Battalion, which at that time belonged to the Balek force. He participated in the battles of Hindiren, Zozik, and Gorez. In 1966, at the gorge of Omer Agha, he and a group of his comrades were martyred by artillery shelling from the Iraqi regime.
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