Martyr Azad Hama-Ali was born in 1968 in the village of Sargalu, belonging to the Surdash sub-district of the Dukan district, Sulaymaniyah Governorate. He was a villager and was busy with farming and animal husbandry. He studied up to the primary level and was single. In 1985, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Gulan Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Khurmal organization belonging to the Regional Committee of Halabja of the Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . At that time, Nazm Khurmali was the person in charge of the organization and commander of the Khurmal detachment. In the Gulan Revolution he participated in the Battle of Khor-Nawazan, the Battle of Ahmed Awa, the Battle of the Khurmal Police Station, the guerrilla battles of the Sharazur Plain, and the Battle of the Banishar military camp.
On May 10, 1987, Azad and his comrades attacked to recapture the military camp of the Iraqi Army in the village of Banishar between Khurmal and Ahmed Awa. As soon as they reached the first position of the Ba'ath soldiers, a planted mine exploded under Azad Hama-Ali, and he was severely wounded. His comrades transported him to the country of Iran for treatment, and on the border at Darband Dzhli, Azad Hama-Ali was martyred due to the severity of his wound, and his comrades buried him in the Dzhli cemetery.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Committee.