Tamr Ahmed Shabaz was born in Year 1931 in the village of Sreshma, affiliated with the Khalifan sub-district in Erbil Governorate. He was married and had two sons and five daughters. He took refuge in Iran in Year 1975 after the setback of the Aylul Revolution. In Year 1991, he returned to South Kurdistan and participated in the uprising against the Iraqi Army, then settled in his hometown.
In Year 1962, he joined the Peshmerga Forces affiliated with the Aylul Revolution. In Year 1963, after the Iraqi regime attacked and burned the village of Sreshma in the Khalifan district, he and his family moved to the areas under the control of the revolution and settled in the Balak area. In the same year, Tamr Ahmed Shabaz participated in the battles of Qaladze and Sangasar.
When the Iraqi Army planned to attack the areas under the control of the revolution in Mergasor, Sary Akre, and Mount Bers in order to occupy the village of Barzan and the region, Mullah Mustafa Barzani sent a message to Ahmed Shabaz to attack the Iraqi Army, in order to relieve the pressure of the fighting on the Barzan region. After obtaining permission from Mullah Mustafa Barzani Tamr Ahmed Shabaz returned to his father and, with the help and support of the people of Sreshma, they launched a large-scale attack on the Iraqi Army in the siege of the village of Rosti in the Balakayati region and inflicted heavy losses on them.
In Year 1967, Ahmed Shabaz's family was displaced again to the Brazgar plain on the border of Dashta Hirt, affiliated with the Sidakan sub-district, due to the burning of their village by the Iraqi Army. He remained there until 11 March Year 1970, and after the 11 March Agreement, he returned to the village of Sreshma by order of Mullah Mustafa Barzani.
In Year 1981, he returned to Shno in East Kurdistan upon the recommendation of Idris Barzani and participated in the Gulan Revolution. Then, by order of Franso Hariri he returned, participating in a detachment to Khwakurk. In Year 1987, he participated in the Battle of Wadi Rashi in the Sidakan region, and in Year 1988, he participated in the Battle of Nazdardagh, which was part of the battles of the Khwakurk epic, where he was wounded.
Tamr Ahmed Shabaz was wounded several times, and all his muscles suffered severe burns in the Battle of Nazdardagh. In Year 1987, he was seriously wounded by napalm, which was prohibited by the regime, in Wadi Rash and lost his sight. In Year 2013, he was sent to Austria to receive medical treatment.
In Year 1991, during the Kurdistan uprising, he returned to South Kurdistan via Haji Omaran and participated in the uprising and liberation of the city of Amadiya, and was later appointed as a member of the Helgurd command. In Year 1994, he joined the Special Sary Boland Brigade and was later appointed to lead the Peshmerga of the village of Sreshma, affiliated with the Khalifan sub-district, which numbered about 100 Peshmerga.
In Year 1996, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he received the Barzani Medal from President Masoud Barzani.
He passed away on 29 July 2015 due to his wounds, and was buried at his request, in the presence of the representative of President Masoud Barzani and a large crowd of people from the region, in his hometown in the village of Sreshma.
Source:
Archive of the Encyclopedia Authority of the Kurdistan Democratic Party