Hama Salih Abdulkarim Muhammad was born in the Year 1947 in the village of Gariza belonging to the Said Sadiq district. He was a villager working in agriculture. He took refuge in Iran after the setback of Aylul Revolution and settled in the Darband Dazli complex. After their return to Kurdistan, he was deported by the Ba'athist regime to southern Iraq and they lived in the city of Diwaniyah. Hama Salih Abdulkarim was married to Khurshida Saeed and was a father of three sons and one daughter (Qadir, Sardar, Salah, Sarwa).
He joined the ranks of the Peshmerga in the Year 1969 in the Second Company belonging to the Ninth Battalion of the Martyr Dilshad within the Khabat forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. The company commander at that time was Sheikh Muhammad Basaki and the battalion commander was Fattah Agha. He was wounded in his right leg after being shot in the Year 1974 on Mount Hassan Bek within the Soran area. He joined the ranks of the Peshmerga for the second time in the Year 1979 under Abdullah Agha within the Hawraman forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
On September 4 of the Year 1981, after carrying out an activity in the Sharazor plain, when they were going to the village of Gariza to spend some time resting and transporting some supplies to the mountain, they fell before reaching the village into an ambush set by a force from the Patriotic Union. After clashes between the two sides, Hama Salih Abdulkarim and his brother Muhammad Abdulkarim (Hama Gariziyi) were martyred.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.