Ma'ruf Qadir Ali, known as (Ma'ruf Chomani), was born in 1956 in the village of Chomani Suwayl Agha in the Similan district, which is part of the Choman district of Erbil Governorate.
In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he became a refugee in the country of Iran and settled in the Bahram camp. In 1976, he became a refugee in South Iraq. After staying in South Iraq for two years, he returned to the lands of his fathers and grandfathers, and in 1985 he was transferred to the forced camp of Qushtapa in Erbil Governorate. In 1988, he returned to the Diana camp.
In 1973, at the age of 15, he made contact with the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution and became a Peshmerga alongside Jalil Sherkawayi. In 1991, at the beginning of the popular uprising of Kurdistan in the city of Soran, he participated and played a high role. In 1992, after the formation of the Kurdistan Army, he was in the 9th Goshina Battalion affiliated with the branch Najmadin Goroni became a Peshmerga. In 1997, he received the rank of Deputy Commander of the 1st Battalion of the 72nd Brigade of the Balek Army.
Martyr Ma'ruf Chomani participated in several battles for the defense of the law and sovereignty of Kurdistan, such as the battles of Qasre, Haji Omaran, Bardabuk, Ashe Khidir Agha, Garwabashe, Lolan, Khinere, and Hesarost Mountain.
On the night of August 29 to 30, 1998, in a battle with PKK militants in the Gocar area at the Fatan outpost on the Dilman road, he was martyred along with two of his comrades. After his martyrdom, his body was burned and buried.
Source:1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.