Dr. Abdullah Aziz Khalid Muhammad, known by the name (Abdullah Agrin), was born in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Year 1949. He traces his lineage back to the Barzinji sheikhs, belonging to the Sheikh Isa branch of the Barzinji, in the Naqshbandi family of Mullah Muhammad Mullah Osman al-Balkhi (1830 - 1906), who is known as Mahwi. In the Year 1966, he graduated from the Electrical Department of the Sulaymaniyah Institute. In the Year 1968, he was appointed as a teacher. In the Year 1968, he became a journalist for the Arabic newspapers (Al-Taakhi, Dengi Mamosta, and Birayati). In the Year 1969, he published the story "Kole Merge" in Kurdish - Central Kurmanji in two volumes of 88 pages in the city of Sulaymaniyah. In the Year 1971, he became a member of the editorial board of the magazine Dengi Mamosta, which was the organ of the Sulaymaniyah branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union. In the Year 1971, he published his articles in the magazine Dengi Mamosta. In the Year 1973, he published a collection of stories in Kurdish - Central Kurmanji titled (Agira kefê peyvên te vedimirîne) in two volumes of 70 pages in the city of Baghdad. In the Year 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he headed to the Kingdom of Iran, but soon returned to South Kurdistan.
In the Year 1984, he received a bachelor's degree in Kurdish Language and Literature from the University of Baghdad. In the Year 1986, along with a group of writers, he published the book (About Mahwi the Peak) in the city of Baghdad. On Monday, July 25, 1994, he received his master's degree in Kurdish Literature titled "Kurdish Poetry between the years (1918 - 1930)" at the College of Arts of Salahaddin University in Erbil. In the Year 1995, he was accepted as a postgraduate student in the Kurdish Department of Salahaddin University (Erbil). On Thursday, March 18, 1999, he received his doctorate in Kurdish Literature titled "The impact of national thought in the Kurdish short story in Iraqi Kurdistan (1961 - 1970)" at the College of Arts of Salahaddin University (Erbil). In the Year 2005, he became a professor at Salahaddin University (Erbil) with the title of assistant professor in the Kurdish Department. He is an expert in the Kurdish and Arabic languages.
Work HistoryIn the Year 1959, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the Year 1961, he was arrested for a short period by the security apparatus of the Iraqi government due to political activities. In the Year 1962, he was the official of the Sulaymaniyah Industrial High School (Kurdistan Students Union). In the Year 1962, he was a member of the secretariat of the Kurdistan National Students Union (First Congress). In the Year 1964, he joined the ranks of the Association for Freedom, Life, and Kurdish Unity (Kajek). From December 8, 1969, to March 6, 1975, he was the official of the Sulaymaniyah branch of the Association for Freedom, Life, and Kurdish Unity (Kajek). In the Year 1970, he was a member of the Preparatory Committee of Sulaymaniyah for the Third Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union.
On February 2, 1972, he was a delegate to the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Erbil. From May 25, 1972, until the collapse of the September Revolution, he was a member of the leadership of the Association for Freedom, Life, and Kurdish Unity (Kajek). On February 1, 1974, he was a delegate to the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Sulaymaniyah. In the Year 1974, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga of the September Revolution. On April 18, 1974, he was a delegate to the Peace Palace Congress of the Kurdistan Writers Union near the town of Choman, affiliated with Erbil Governorate. In the Year 1974, he was the editor-in-chief of the Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan Radio. In the Year 1974, he was a teacher of the Human Society Development course in the fifth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Education School in the village of Zinuya Shekhi, affiliated with Erbil Governorate. In the Year 1974, he was the administrative director of the sixth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Education School in the village of Zinuya Shekhi.
In the Year 1991, he participated in the Uprising of Southern Kurdistan. From October 7 to 10, 1991, he was elected by the delegates of the Qalachwalan Congress as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (Pasok). In the years (1991 - 1992), he was the head of media for the Kurdistan Front. On March 19, he participated in the Kurdistan Front meeting to determine the date of the Kurdistan National Council elections and the economic and security situation of South Kurdistan. At the beginning of the Year 1992, on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party, he participated in the Kurdistan Front meeting for the establishment of the High Committee for Monitoring the Kurdistan National Council Elections. On April 7, 1992, on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party, he participated in the broad Pirman meeting of the Kurdistan Front for the preparation of the Kurdistan National Council election process. On Thursday, August 20, 1992, in the city of Erbil, at the First Congress of the Kurdistan Unification Party, he delivered the welcoming speech to the attendees on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party. On Thursday, August 27, 1992, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee by the delegates of the First Congress of the Kurdistan Unification Party. In the Year 1992, he was a candidate for the unity list for the Kurdistan National Council election process. In the Year 1992, he was elected by the congress delegates as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Unification Party. In the Year 1992, he became the head of the media agency and a member of the research and work agency of the Kurdistan Unification Party. In the Year 1992, he participated in the First Congress of the Kurdistan Artists Union in the city of Erbil.
In 1993, after the fourth unification, he was elected by the congress delegates as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified (Eleventh Congress). In mid-December 1994, he participated in the meeting of the political leadership of the Kurdistan Front. On February 8, 1996, he was a member of a delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified that attended the celebration of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in the city of Tehran.
In 1998, he became the director of the eleventh round of the Cadre Training Institute in the city of Erbil. In 1999, he was elected by the congress delegates as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Twelfth Congress) and was in the sixth position. On December 28, 1999, he was appointed by the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party as the second official of the central bureau for research and training of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On Tuesday, July 4, 2000, he participated in the opening of the Mukriyani Institution for Printing and Publishing in the city of Erbil. In 2001, he was the official and teacher of the History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party course in the twelfth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the city of Erbil. On Wednesday, December 4, 2001, he participated in the Third Congress of the Kurdistan National Movement in the city of Erbil.
On Saturday, July 28, 2001, he was with President Masoud Barzani for the opening of the Tenth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union in the city of Erbil. In 2002, he was the official of the thirteenth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the Pirmam municipality, Erbil province. In 2003, he became the official of the central bureau for national relations, affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2004, he was the official of the fourteenth round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the Pirmam municipality, Erbil province. On August 4, 2010, he participated in the opening of the Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union in the city of Erbil. In 2010, he was a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
His works:1 - Kulemergi – 1969.
2 - The fire of foam extinguishes your words – 1973.
3 - Al-Nidal Al-Duub (The Endless Struggle) – 1974.
4 - Kurdistan or the Country of the Kurds – 1974.
5 - Santa Claus the Peddler – 1978.
6 - Temple – 1980.
7 - Shepherd – 1984.
8 - Bisme – 1986.
9 - About Mahwi the Peak – 1986.
10 - Correction of the Poetry Diwan of Muhammad Salih Dilan – (First Edition – 1987), Second Edition – 2013.
11 - Correction of the Diwan of Kamaran Mukri – 1988.
12 - Shukri Fazli – A Kurdish Political and National Poet (1882 – 1926) – 1988.
13 - Correction of the Diwan of Shukri Fazli – 1988.
14 - Correction of the Diwan of Mirza Ghafur – 1991.
15 - Kurdish Political Poetry in South Kurdistan – 1996.
16 - Kurdish Political Poetry in South Kurdistan (1918 – 1930) – 1996.
17 - Relations Work and the Art of Diplomacy – 1998.
18 - The Impact of National Thought on the Development of the Kurdish Short Story in Iraqi Kurdistan (1961 – 1970) – 1999.
19 - The Impact of National Thought on the Development of the Kurdish Short Story (1961 – 1970) – 2000.
20 - Before the Uprising in the memory of the January (Kamaran Mukri) the Stance of Kurdish Poets and Writers – 2010.
21 - All My Short Stories – 2013.
22 - A Bright Page in the History of Kajek – 2013.
23 - The Proud History of Kajek – 2015.
Sources :1 - Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.
2 - Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Guide for Graduates of the Twenty-Fifth Round 2005 – 2006, (Erbil – Salahaddin University – Salahaddin University Press – 2006), page 123.
3 - News and Reports of Salahaddin University, Brayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 2131 and 2132, Thursday, July 20, 1995, page 2.
4 - Abdullah Aziz Khalid, Temple, (Baghdad – Kurdish Cultural and Publishing Institution – (Dar Al-Hurriyya for Printing) Press – 1980), pages 1, 107.
5 - Abdullah Aziz Khalid, Shepherd, (Erbil – Cultural Press – 1984), pages 1, 112.
6 - Abdullah Aziz Khalid, About Mahwi the Peak, (Baghdad – General Secretariat of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Region – Sumer Press – 1986), pages 1, 3, 287.
7 - Meeting of the Political Leadership of the Kurdistan Front, Brayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, Issue 2113, Wednesday, December 21, 1994, page 4.
8 - Abdullah Mullah Aziz Mullah Khalid Mahwi, All My Short Stories, (Erbil – Kurdistan Writers Union – Rojhilat Press – 2013), pages 1, 384.
9 - Preparer and Commentator of the Preface Abdullah Agrin, Poetry Diwan of Muhammad Salih Dilan, Second Edition, (Erbil – Charchira Press – 2013), pages 1, 430.
10 - Article of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party presented by Comrade Abdullah Agrin, Gel (Al-Shaab) Newspaper, Issue 52, Tenth Year, September 1992, pages 1, 5.
11 - Final Statement of the Unification Congress of the (Yekgirtin) Party of Kurdistan, Gel (Al-Shaab) Newspaper, Issue 52, Tenth Year, September 1992, pages 1, 7.
12 - Ruud Hoof and Michel Leisenberg and Peter Muller, Iraqi Kurdistan Elections May 19, 1992: A Democracy Experiment, Translated by Safwat Rashid Sedqi, (Sulaymaniyah – Sulaymaniyah Committee of the Human Rights Organization in Kurdistan and the Holland-Kurdistan Friendship Association – 1994), pages 30, 87, 91 – 92.
13 - Election of members of the new Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq, Gulan Al-Arabi Magazine, Gulan Culture and Media Foundation, Issue 41, Fourth Year, Erbil, October 31, 1999, page 15.
14 - Agrin, Kulemergi, (Sulaymaniyah – Kamaran Press – 1969), pages 1 – 88.
15 - Shiwan Hussein Shinik Baleki, Gawhar Namiq Salim 1946 – 2011: Life, Works and Political Role, Soran University Faculty of Literature, 2016, (Unpublished Master's Thesis), pages 114, 200.
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19 - Mustafa Sayid Ahmad, Bibliography of the Kurdish Book 1787 – 1975, (Baghdad – Kurdish Scientific Academy – Kurdish Scientific Academy Press – 1977), pages 172, 221.
20 - Abdullah Agrin, The Kurdish Story and the Art of Storytelling, Dengi Mamosta Magazine, Organ of the Kurdistan Teachers Union – Sulaymaniyah Branch, Issue 2, First Year, Sulaymaniyah, Jin Press, May 1971, pages 19 – 23.
21 - Sulayman Mustafa Hasan, Kurds and the First Experience, (Erbil – Karo Press – 2017), pages 28, 31, 33, 38, 62, 69, 74 – 75, 100 – 102, 270, 279.
22 - Delegate of President Barzani attends the Third Congress of the National Movement of Kurdistan, Birayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 3276, Erbil, Thursday, 4 December 2001, page 1.
23 - Preparation: Ari Faruq Hasan Nanekeli, Institutions of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the September Revolution between the years 1961 – 1975, (Erbil – Ravza Press – 2016), page 75.
24 - Opening of the Mukriyani Institution for Printing and Publishing in the capital Erbil, Khabat Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 983, Erbil, Friday, 7 July 2000, page 4.
25 - Election of the new Central Committee of 31 members and 9 reserve members, Khabat Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 946, Erbil, Friday, 15 October 1999, page 15.
26 - Bawar Nuredin, Kurds and Kurdistan: Bibliography and Index in the Kurdish book, Second Volume, First Part, (Tehran – Tehran Press – 2016), page 373.
27 - Bawar Nuredin, Kurds and Kurdistan: Bibliography and Index in the Kurdish book, Third Volume, First Part, (Tehran – Tehran Press – 2016), pages 123, 130, 172, 218.
28 - Bawar Nuredin, Kurds and Kurdistan: Bibliography and Index in the Kurdish book, Third Volume, Second Part, (Tehran – Tehran Press – 2016), page 293.
29 - Final Statement of the First Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (Pasok), Supplement to Serxwebun (Al-Istiqlal) Magazine, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (Pasok), Issue 1, December 1991, page 3.
30 - Party is responsible for developing national thought among the Kurdish people, Gulan Magazine, Gulan Cultural and Information Institution, Issue 337, Erbil, 5 July 2001, page 6.
31 - Jabar Jabari, History of Kurdish Journalism in Iraq, (Baghdad – General Directorate of Kurdish Culture – Al-Umma Press – 1975), page 76.
32 - Habib Muhammad Karim, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq (in major stages) 1946 – 1993, (Duhok – Khabat Press – 1998), page 183.
33 - Dilshad Majid, First Congress of the Kurdistan Artists Union, Kurdistani Nwe Newspaper, Organ of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Issue 84, First Year, Tuesday, 5 May 1992, page 5.
34 - History of the Periods of Party Cadres, From Mountain to City, (Erbil – Center for Research and Studies and Party Academy – Rojhilat Press – 2019), pages 45, 106 – 107, 109 – 110, 112 – 114, 122 – 123, 173.
35 - Master's Thesis, Khabat Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, Issue 735, Wednesday, 27 July 1994, page 16.
36 - Rikar Ahmad, Unity and Dissolution, (Erbil – Behest Press – 2016), pages 63, 78.
37 - Sayid Ali Mojani, Solmaz Sedqi, Ilahi Nimati ..., Dictionary of Contemporary Iraqi Men and Families, (Tehran – Ezam Publishing House – 1392 A.H.S.), page 839.
38 - Shiwan Sulayman Yabe, Guide to Kurdish Bibliographies, (Erbil – Kurdistan Scientific Academy – Ministry of Education Press – 2006), pages 363 – 364.
39 - A delegation from the Party's National Relations visits the Political Bureau (YNDK), Khabat Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 1285, Erbil, Monday, 3 November 2003, page 2.
40 - Abdullah Agrin and the Doctorate on the Impact of National Thought in the Art of the Kurdish Story, Khabat Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, Issue 918, Erbil, Friday, 2 April 1999, page 16.
42 - Abdul-Khalid Sabir (Teacher Khalid), Genealogy of Old Sulaymaniyah Families between the years 1784 – 1914, Second Edition, (Beirut – Green Glory Press – 2010), pages 1377, 1379 – 1380, 1384.
43 - Ali Sinjari, The Kurdish Cause and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq, Third Part, (Duhok – Khani Press – 2012), page 479.
44 - Abdullah Agrin, The Proud History of Kazik, (Erbil – Rojhilat Press – 2015), pages 14, 21.
45 - Abdul-Rahman Ma'ruf, Biography of Erbil Writers, Erbil Encyclopedia, (Erbil – Bedirkhan Printing and Publishing Institution – 2009), pages 3710 – 3711.
46 - Ali Kamal Barzi, Famous Kurdish Personalities in the Twentieth Century, First Volume, (Erbil – Barzi Project – University Press – 1999), pages 188 – 189.
47 - Karzan Nanekeli, The Impact of National Thought in the Kurdish Short Story in Iraqi Kurdistan 1961 – 1970, Birayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, Issue 2801, Erbil, Sunday, 21 March 1999, page 8.
48 - Karwan Mehwi, Congresses of our Party the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Shirove Magazine, Central Bureau of Research and Studies, Issue 14, Erbil, Haji Hashim Press, Autumn 2010, page 21.
49 - Second Branch, Second Branch in the Half-Century of Struggle, (Erbil – Aras Press – 2010), page 34.
50 - In the Master's Thesis of Abdullah Agrin, Birayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, Issue 2001, Erbil, Monday, 25 July 1994, page 8.
51 - Mijde Salayi, 7th Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union ended successfully, We Magazine, Organ of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Issue 31, Erbil, Rojhilat Press, October 2010, page 7.
52 - For (31) years the Kurdish leadership has oppressed this people, Newroz Newspaper, Newspaper of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (Pasok) Duhok branch, Issue 6, First Year, May 1992, pages 3 – 4.
53 - Mela Faruq Shiwani, All Kurds, First Volume, (Erbil – Cultural Press – 1997), page 110.
54 - Ahmed Sharif Lak, Interpretation of Historical Events, Volume Two, (Erbil – Rojhilat Printing House – 2019), pages 60 – 61.
55 - Master's Thesis, Birayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, Issue 2002, Erbil, Tuesday, 26 July 1994, page 8.
56 - Hawjin Hama Rashid and Handarin Sherzad, In the (10th) Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union, Birayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 3446, Erbil, Sunday, 29 July 2001, page 1.
57 - Wishyar Hama Ahmed Haji, Kurdistan Teachers Union: Several Aspects of the History of the Beginning and Struggle 1962 – 1998, (Erbil – Kurdistan Teachers Union – Secretariat Office – Ministry of Education Printing House – 1998), pages 41, 58, 96, 110.
58 - A delegation from our Party participates in the celebration ceremony of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Birayati Newspaper, Issue 2156, Pirmam, Wednesday, 7 February 1996, page 1.