Hikmat Ali Abdulkarim, known as Hikmat Malla Ali, was born in 1936 in the city of Halabja. He studied up to the fifth grade of primary school. He was married. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he went to Iran, but in November 1975, he returned to the city of Halabja. In 1980, he became a refugee in the country of Iran. In 1991, he returned to Southern Kurdistan. He passed away on January 24, 2004.
In 1954, he joined the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1960, he and several of his comrades were arrested by the government of Iraq and were imprisoned for five months. After his release, he was again issued an arrest warrant by the government on charges of killing the deputy director of the Iraqi intelligence agency. He did not surrender and headed to the Shnrwe mountain, where he was engaged in party organization.
In 1961, he and several other Peshmerga formed a detachment and liberated the towns of Tawela, Sosakan, and Byara. In 1962, he received the rank of cadre in the Khurmal organization. Later, he became a member of the Halabja regional committee and the person responsible for the Ababeyl organizational committee, continuing in that role until 1975. He participated in the battles of Birke and Swara, Qamara Re, Zmnako, Hana Zard, Mlay Sartak, Bany Bamo, Bany Khoshk, Kany Hama Karim, Bagh Hanara, Haji Lara, Mahmud Qajar, Gorshal, Zalm, Byara, Dola Sur, Talpariz, Qaya, and the battles of Badra and Jasani.
In 1977, he rejoined the secret organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1979, he was arrested by the government of Iraq due to being exposed, but because they had no evidence against him, he was released soon after. In 1980, he was again arrested for a month by the security agencies of Iraq and was released again.
In 1980, after his release, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution and headed to the liberated areas and became a Peshmerga under Nadr Ali Hawrami. In the same year, he was made the military responsible for the Halabja regional committee, continuing in that duty until 1989. He participated in several battles in the Hawraman and Sharazur regions, including the battles of Zalm, Ahmad Awa, Hanay Qul, Mlaqonara, and Khornawazan. In 1989, with Branch 4 of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he participated in the liberation of the city of Halabja.
In 1991, he participated in the popular uprising of Southern Kurdistan and was a member of the Halabja-Sharazur axis. In 1993, he was made responsible for the Martyrs Department of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. From 1994 to 1995, he was the responsible for the Social Bureau of the Kirkuk-Sulaymaniyah Front leadership. In 1995, after the establishment of Branch 12 of Halabja of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was made the responsible for the branch's Martyrs Department. In 2000, he was a member of the founding committee of the High Aylul Institution.
On August 16, 1996, during the Golden Jubilee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, because of the services he had provided, he was awarded by President Masoud Barzani the Barzani Medal.
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.