Ali Abdullah Reza, who is known as (Ali Askari and Shalaw), was born in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Year 1937. He is from the sheikhs of the Haqq Naqshbandi order, who are affiliated with the Mawlana Khalid Naqshbandi Sharazuri order, and their roots reach Sheikh Isa Barzinji, and he is the nephew of Sheikh Abdulkarim Shadeli (1893 - 1943) and Uncle Reza Shadeli (1905 - 1961), who were supporters and admirers of the First Barzani Revolution.
He is a high school graduate. In the Year 1959, he married Sabiha Sheikh Jalal Sargaluwi. In the Year 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he headed to the Kingdom of Iran for a short time. On August 31, 1975, by order of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, he was appointed as the mayor of the Rifai district in South Iraq. He knew Kurdish, Persian, and Arabic languages.
Work HistoryAli Askari was a member of the leadership of the Kurdistan Students Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union in the Year 1958. In the Year 1958, he was the official of the Kirkuk organizations of the Kurdistan Students Union. In the Year 1959, he was elected by the congress delegates as a member of the High Supervisory and Inspection Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq (Fourth Congress). On Saturday, January 8, 1960, he was one of the members of the founding body of the public phase of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq. In the Year 1960, he was elected by the congress delegates as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Fifth Congress). In November 1960, he was a member of the Revolutionary Organization Committee and the official of Kirkuk.
In the Year 1961, he became the official of the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the same year, after the start of the September Revolution, he joined the revolution. In the initial phase of the September Revolution, in Badinan, he took charge under the secret name Shalaw and as the second commander of the uprising forces of the September Revolution in the Badinan region. Later, he was transferred to Kirkuk Governorate by the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the Year 1961, he participated in the broad Awdalani meeting and voted for defense and revolution. In the Year 1962, he became the commander of the Khabat Force by the leadership of the September Revolution. In the Year 1964, he participated in the Mawet Conference, and with this, he was excluded from the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Later, on July 6, 1965, after the issuance of the general amnesty order by Mustafa Barzani (1903 - 1979), the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraqi Kurdistan, for the supporters of the Political Bureau faction, he returned from Hamadan in the Kingdom of Iran to the village of Haji Omaran, affiliated with Erbil Governorate, and met with President Mustafa Barzani. In the Year 1965, he participated in the Battle of Korek Mountain on the border of the Rawandiz district, affiliated with Erbil Governorate, against the Iraqi army forces.
On August 28, 1966, in Timar (Garmian), he participated in the first meeting of the Ibrahim Ahmad – Jalal Talabani group. On January 28, 1966, with Jalal Talabani (1933 - 2017) and Omar Mustafa Muhammad Amin (1923 - 1992), who is known as Omar Dababa, and Hilmi Ali Sharif (1930 - 1998), he left the Reka Valley, affiliated with Erbil Governorate, and headed to the border of the Iraqi government's authority, turning his back on the September Revolution. On October 15, 1970, accompanied by Ibrahim Ahmad Fatah (1914 - 2000) and Omar Mustafa Muhammad Amin (1923 - 1992), who is known as Omar Dababa, he met with President Mustafa Barzani at the Barzani base in the village of Dilman, and together they underwent amnesty and settled in the town of Galala in the Balek region, affiliated with Erbil Governorate, until the collapse of the September Revolution.
On February 10, 1971, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the second time. In 1973, he became the commander of the Erbil Plain Force by the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the years (1974 - 1975), he was a member of the Military Bureau of the September Revolution. In mid-April 1975, he participated in the broad meeting in Urmia with the aim of continuing the struggle and resistance. On April 24, 1975, upon the assignment of President Mustafa Barzani, he returned to South Kurdistan with the aim of preparing the situation for the revolution, and he was provided with financial aid and given a communication code. On April 28, 1975, he returned to the city of Sulaymaniyah, and on April 30, 1975, he was deported to the city of Baghdad by the director of security of Sulaymaniyah. On August 23, 1976, at the Hencirlu cave, he began negotiations and discussions with the representative of the provisional leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On October 10, 1976, he participated in the broad meeting of Sure Giley of the Socialist Movement of Kurdistan. On August 31, 1977, he participated in the first meeting of the leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the Koste Valley at the international border triangle (Iraq – Turkey – Iran) belonging to Erbil Province with the aim of distributing administrative positions, and he was elected as the commander of the Peshmerga force. In 1976, he was among the founders of the Socialist Movement of Kurdistan. In 1976, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga force. In 1976, he had armed activities against the Iraqi army in the Pishdar region on the border of Sulaymaniyah Province. In the summer of 1976, in the village of Xurxure belonging to Sulaymaniyah Province, he met with Dr. Kemal Kerkuki with the aim of coordination with the forces of the provisional leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the autumn of 1976, he met with Kemal Kerkuki in the mosque of the village of Gelala on the border of Sulaymaniyah Province with the aim of coordinating the forces. In 1977, he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. In 1977, he was appointed as the commander of the Peshmerga force of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
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