Ali Hamad Abdulrahman, known as Ali Bruno, was born in 1925 in the village of Degala in the Koya district, affiliated with Erbil province. Now that place is known as the Shorsh sub-district. He passed away in May 2005 in the Kasnazan sub-district of Erbil province and was buried in the Degala cemetery.

In the years 1947, the Bruno rifle was very rare. During the relocation of the Barzanis, some of these rifles reached the villages and areas of the Erbil plain and its surroundings. Ali Hamad bought a Bruno rifle from a person named Kamal. From that day on, in the Erbil plain area, Ali Hamad became famous as Ali Bruno.

In 1962, through Mam Waso Dizayi, who was a platoon leader in the Degala area, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution He joined. On February 1, 1965, he was granted the rank of platoon leader in the Safin force of the Erbil plain, which had its headquarters in the village of Bana Qalat. At that time, he had 13 Peshmerga with him. The Peshmerga of Ali Bruno's platoon increased day by day, and later they became three platoons affiliated with the branch of Arif Osman, and were sent to the Koya and Gomashen area.

In 1966, their headquarters was near the village of Degala. The Iraqi Air Force planes bombed the village of Degala and its surroundings. As a result of that bombing, Ali Bruno was wounded. When he fired at the Iraqi Air Force planes with his Bruno rifle, he became a target for the planes and was severely wounded. He remained in his place wounded for a while, then 4 Peshmerga, in the heat of the battle, moved Ali Hamad to the Hiran sub-district, where a revolution doctor was present, and he was treated there for 2 months. After recovering, he returned to his headquarters in the village of Degala once again.

In 1967, Ali Bruno received the rank of branch head. He participated in the battles of the Qaradagh area, Nawjul, Karbachna in the Qadir Karam area, the Erbil plain, Mount Safin, and Hizop. In 1974, their branch was near Mount Kudari when the Iraqi army attacked the area with tanks and armored vehicles. As a result of the battle, they were able to kill 60 soldiers and take a number of them prisoner.

Ali Hamad's branch later became a battalion and performed their duties in the border of Koya up to Gomaspan. Sometimes they were moved to other areas of Kurdistan. When Ali Bruno was a platoon leader, he had 13 Peshmerga with him, but later the number of his Peshmerga became 140 Peshmerga.

Ali Hamad, in 1966, for the first time in the village of Nawprdan in the Choman district, met General Mustafa Barzani He met him. The second time when he went to General Mustafa Barzani He gifted him a Bruno rifle.

Source:

1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.