Biography

In his youth, he began his studies in a religious school (Hujra), and alongside his studies, he was engaged in farming and agriculture to provide for his life and livelihood during that difficult period in the years before the Second World War.

Struggle History

After the July Revolution and the return of the immortal Barzani to Kurdistan, in 1958, he became an active member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Pirmam organization. Due to his notable activity within the party ranks, an arrest warrant was issued for him by the authorities in Baghdad at the time.
At the beginning of 1961, six months before the outbreak of the Aylul Revolution, after heading to the mountains, he began Peshmerga and guerrilla activities, and later, in the first spark of the Aylul Revolution, in the Khoshnaweti region and the towering Sefin, he was one of the Peshmerga who participated actively in the revolution. Because of his efficiency and competence, he was granted the rank of Head of Branch and participated in most of the Peshmerga activities in various areas of the Erbil border and its surroundings. .

Throughout his life, he was entrusted with many sensitive and major responsibilities and successfully carried out his duties, and he was a source of trust for the party and the immortal Barzani. .
In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution (1961-1975), he was displaced with his family to Iran and later moved to the city of Kashan..

Concurrently with the outbreak of the Gulan Revolution (1976-1991), he returned to Eastern Kurdistan and participated actively in that revolution, serving as a member and later as an administrator of Branch Two and head of the military section of Branch Two.

In the spring 1991 Uprising, Khalid Ajgayi participated actively as a commander and was one of the heroic commanders and Peshmerga of the process of liberating Erbil. The bloody and historic hand-to-hand battle of Kore became another turning point in the history of his struggle and resistance against the brutality of the Ba'ath..
After the Uprising, he continued his path of struggle first in Branch Two and later as a commander and member of the Kurdistan Army Command, and through taking on various military responsibilities, his mark is visible on the overall course of his political life..

Khalid Ajgayi was wounded twice in his Peshmerga life. In 1996, at the Golden Jubilee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was awarded the Barzani the Immortal Medal by President Masoud Barzani.
On July 19, 2004, at the age of 73, he passed away due to illness..

Source:

1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.