Martyr Muhammad Salim Zahir was born in 1951 in Girdasen village (the present Istah subdistrict), belonging to Aqrah district in the old Mosul Governorate and present Duhok. He was uneducated and married.
In 1991, after the popular uprising in Kurdistan, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1995, he became a Peshmerga in the Sidekan Army and took part in the wars to defend the rule of law in the Sidekan area. On December 12, 1997, during the war to defend the rule of law in Sidekan, he was martyred at the hands of PKK militants.
Source:1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.