Martyr Abdullah Hamarashid, Known as Abdullah Haji Rashid Zewe, was born in 1937 in the village of Zewe, affiliated with the Sarchinar sub-district of the Dukan district, Sulaymaniyah Governorate. He was a villager and was engaged in farming and animal husbandry. He studied up to the primary level. He was married and had two sons and one daughter.
Martyr Abdullah Hamarashid, in Year 1964 he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Martyr Mela Rasul Branch affiliated with the Rizgari Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He participated in the battles of Spilik, Dukan, Tasluja, Qulla Pushina, Akhjalar, Kharay Zewe, and the battles on the road between Dukan and Sulaymaniyah. He was wounded twice; in the Dukan chain battle in 1967, a bullet hit his right arm, and in 1969, in an ambush on the road between Akhjalar and Kirkuk, a bullet hit his left thigh. In 1968, he received the rank of Squad Leader.
After the March 11, 1970 agreement and the establishment of the Border Guard battalions, he received the rank of Platoon Commander in the 3rd Company of the 6th Surdash Battalion.
In 1974, after the resumption of the war by the Iraqi Army against the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution, Abdullah Hamarashid rejoined the revolution and received the rank of Head of Branch in the 3rd Surdash Battalion of the Rizgari Force. In the same year, he received the rank of Deputy Battalion Commander.
On April 11, 1974, Abdullah Hamarashid commanded a force of 145 Peshmerga to confront the military force that had set out from the city of Kirkuk towards Sulaymaniyah and Sharazur. Abdullah Hamarashid and his Comrades set an ambush for the force near the Tasluja checkpoint, and a fierce, multi-hour confrontation took place between them there. As a result, Abdullah Hamarashid was martyred, and his Comrades transported his body to the village of Zewe and buried him there.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.