Mahmud Abdulrahman Omar Babkayi, known as Mahmud Qula, was born in 1928 in the village of Babke, Piran sub-district, Mergasor district, Erbil province. He was married and knew the Kurdish and Russian languages. He was martyred on December 12, 1962, in the battle of Zawita Valley.

Struggle Record

    In 1943, he joined the Second Barzan Revolution (1943-1945). On March 31, 1946, he became a Peshmerga in the Barzani force affiliated with the army of the Republic of Kurdistan in the city of Mahabad. He participated in the battles of the Saqqez, Nolos, Naghadeh, and Oshnavieh fronts.

    After the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan, he was among those Peshmerga who returned on April 19, 1947, via the Khwakurk route and the Barazgar plain to the soil of North Kurdistan, from the village of Khwakurk to the village of Argosh and the Herki area..

   After their return, General Mustafa Barzani on May 6, 1947, in the village of Argosh, held a meeting with his companions and gave them the choice of staying or going toward the Soviet Union. There, all the companions decided to continue and go toward the Soviet Union..

    On May 22, 1947, he accompanied General Mustafa Barzani toward the Soviet Union and participated in the battle of the Kotol (Qotur) valley and the battle of the Maku bridge. After much hardship and fatigue, on June 18, 1947, he crossed the Aras River, which is located on the border between Iran and the Soviet Union, into the Soviet Union..‌

   After reaching the Soviet Union, on June 19, 1947, along with all his companions, he was placed in the city of Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan for forty days in an open-air compound surrounded by barbed wire. They were guarded by a group of soldiers and were treated like prisoners of war in terms of food, clothing, and movement. Later, by the decision of the Soviet government, they were distributed among the areas of Aghdam, Lachin, Ayulakh, and Kalbajar in the Republic of Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1947, they were moved to a military camp on the Caspian Sea in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and on the 23rd of the same month, they were given military uniforms and, under the supervision of the officers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, were given eight hours of military training daily. At the same time, they were taught Kurdish language lessons daily for four hours by some of their companions who were literate..

   After the bad treatment of Jafar Bagirov toward the Barzani companions, it was decided to move the military camp on August 29, 1948, from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Charchuk compound near Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and there they continued their military training.. 

   In March 1949, along with his companions, they were distributed in groups and squads by train among the collective villages of the Soviet Union and worked on the collective farms (the lands that people rented from the government and later gave the government's share back).. 

   After much effort and sending several letters by General Barzani to Stalin, finally, a letter reached Stalin in which Barzani described the hardships of his companions, and he immediately ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the situation of the Barzani companions, and finally, the committee's decision was that they should all be gathered in the city of Vrevsky.

   In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abdul Karim Qasim. On April 16, 1959, along with his companions, he returned to Kurdistan via the port of Basra in the south of the Republic of Iraq on the ship Gruzia..

   In 1961, he joined the Peshmerga force of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga. He participated in the battles of Kani Masi, Mangish, and Bamarni.

Source:

 Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.