Martyr Muhammad Haji was born in 1967 in the sub-district of Halsho, Pishdar District, Sulaymaniyah Governorate. He was engaged in village farming and had studied up to the primary level. He was married and had one son and one daughter.

In 1983, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Gulan Revolution, in the force of Khala Sayid Kaka, whose headquarters at that time was in the Balisan Valley, and became a Peshmerga. He participated in several guerrilla activities, including an activity inside the city of Erbil and an activity in Koya District. He also participated in the battles of the Balisan Valley, the battles of the Koya Plain, and the battles of Mount Safin and Smaquli. In the Gulan Revolution, he was wounded three times, including in 1985 in the battle of Smaquli against the soldiers of the Ba'ath regime, in 1987 in a guerrilla activity on Sultan Muzaffar Street in the city of Erbil, and in 1989 in a guerrilla activity at the police station of Koya District.

In 1991, he participated in the popular uprising of Kurdistan and took part in the liberation of Shaqlawa, Kori, Shaways, Erbil, Pirde, and Kirkuk.

On March 21, 1991, during the liberation of the city of Kirkuk, he was hit by a bullet inside the Khalid military base courtyard and was martyred. His body remained in that same courtyard, and he is one of the martyrs whose grave is unknown. 

Source:

Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.