Biography

Mela Abdullah Suleiman was born in 1921 in the village of Argosh, affiliated with the Shirwan Mazn sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil governorate. He passed away in 1985 in the village of Argosh..

Struggle Record

Mela Abdullah Suleiman joined the revolution in 1947 and became a companion of Barzani to the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan, he was among the Peshmerga who returned on April 19, 1947, through the Khwakurk route and the Barazgir plain to the land of Northern Kurdistan, from the village of Khwakurk to the village of Argosh and the Herki region.

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

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

After arriving in the Soviet Union, on June 19, 1947, along with all his companions, they were placed in the city of Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan for forty days in an open-air complex surrounded by barbed wire. They were guarded by a group of soldiers and were treated as prisoners of war in terms of food, clothing, and movement. Later, by the decision of the Soviet government, they were distributed among the regions 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, they 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 towards Barzani's companions, it was decided to move the military camp on August 29, 1948, from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Charchuk complex near Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where they continued their military training. 

In March 1949, along with his companions, they were distributed in groups and squads by train across the collective villages of the Soviet Union and worked in 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, a letter finally reached Stalin in which Barzani described the hardships of his companions. He immediately ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the situation of Barzani's companions. Eventually, the committee's decision was that they should all be gathered in the city of Vrevitski. Therefore, Mela Abdullah Suleiman went to the city of Vrevitski in the Soviet Union in November 1951..

In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abd al-Karim Qasim. Mela Abdullah Suleiman returned to Kurdistan on April 16, 1959, with his companions by the ship Grozia via the port of Basra in the south of the Republic of Iraq..

After their return to the homeland in 1959 and the outbreak of the Aylul Revolution, he returned once again to the duty of Peshmerga and played a role on the Pirs front, the Badinan border, and the Balakayati region.

Source:

1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.