Hamagharib Arif Muhammad Mahmud was born in 1922 in the village of Pris-i Saru, affiliated with Halabja Governorate. He was a villager and was engaged in farming. His wife's name is Nafia Abdulqadir, and his sons' names are Yasin, Najmadin, Yadgar, and Jalal, and his daughters' names are Hamida, Sabah, and Ghamgina.
Struggle RecordHamagharib Arif Muhammad Mahmud became a Peshmerga in Year 1961 in the Shamiran Force under the command of Hama Shamirani, which at that time the Shamiran force was an independent force and received orders from the leadership of the revolution. Also, the border of the activity of this force was mostly in the Shamiran region and the Nawroli region. But after creating the military structure of Aylul Revolution in Year 1965, this force remained as an independent force and was placed under the Khabat Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
In Year 1963, he received the rank of battalion commander in the Shamiran Force. He participated in the battles of the Nawroli region, the Sharazur plain, the Shamiran region, and the Darbandikhan district. In Year 1968, in the Nawroli region, he fell into an ambush by regime soldiers and, after a confrontation, was captured while wounded and was shot and martyred while wounded in the market of the city of Halabja.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.