Sheikh Gharib Sheikh Osman was born in 1942 in Balakiyani village of the town of Diana in Erbil Governorate. He was a villager engaged in farming, was educated, and was married.
In 1970, he joined the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga under Commander Sayid Asi. He took part in the battles of Gorage, Sertiz, Garowebesh and Gali Ali Beg. On April 16, 1974, while attacking the Iraqi regime's army at Gali Ali Beg, he was martyred by Iraqi regime bullets alongside his brother Mustafa Gharib Sheikh, who was also a Peshmerga.
Source:1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.