Ramazan Haji Omar was born in 1929 in the village of Kurani, part of the Goratu sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. His family crossed the international border between Iran and Iraq with Sheikh Ahmed Barzani on April 15, 1947, at the Gader River, and were detained in Diana for several months. His family's name was Leila Mullah Hussein, and they had two daughters named Hajar and Mahboub, both of whom passed away in the Republic of Mahabad in 1945. Ramazan Kurani studied in the Soviet Union; he was admitted to the Geography Department of Tashkent University on February 15, 1954, but he was unable to attend. He married Zeinab Said Osman in the Soviet Union, and they had two daughters named Sariya and Wujdi, with Wujdi born in 1956. He was proficient in Kurdish, Persian, Turkish, Arabic, and Russian. He passed away in the Shakholan complex in 1992.
Struggle RecordIn 1943, he joined the ranks of the Second Barzan Revolution and participated in the battles. On August 19, 1945, by order of the Iraqi military tribunal, all his movable and immovable property was confiscated.
After the defeat of the Second Barzan Revolution on October 11, 1945, he headed to Eastern Kurdistan. On March 31, 1946, he became a Peshmerga in the Barzan force under the army of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad. He participated in the battles of Baneh, Sardasht, and the Koçki of Qarni Agha in Eastern Kurdistan.
He was among the Peshmerga who returned to the Shirwan and Mazuri region through Northern Kurdistan via the (Khwakurk and Barazgar plain) route on April 19, 1947. After their return, General Mustafa Barzani held a meeting with his companions in the village of Argosh on May 6, 1947, and gave them the choice to stay or head to the Soviet Union. There, all his companions decided to continue and head to the Soviet Union. On June 18, 1947, he crossed the Aras River, which is located on the international border of Iran with the Soviet Union. While crossing the Aras River, he fell into the water and was carried away by the current, but Mullah Mustafa Barzani threw himself into the water and saved him.
On June 19, 1947, along with all his companions, they were placed in an open-air compound surrounded by barbed wire in the city of Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan for forty days. 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 regions of Aghdam, Lachin, Ayulakh, and Kalbajar in the Republic of Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1947, they were transferred 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 underwent eight hours of military training daily under the supervision of officers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. At the same time, they were taught the Kurdish language daily for four hours by some of their companions who were literate.
After the poor treatment by Jafar Bagirov toward his companions, it was decided to move the military camp from the Republic of Azerbaijan on August 29, 1948, 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 to the collective villages of the Soviet Union and worked on the Kolkhoz farms (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, and the committee's final decision was that they should all be gathered in the city of Vriviski. Therefore, he went to the city of Vriviski in the Soviet Union in November 1951.
After the July 14, 1958 revolution in Iraq and the return of General Mustafa Barzani, on February 25, 1959, and according to both the third and seventh articles and paragraph (A) of the tenth article, and by applying article (11) based on the amended Law No. 19 of 1959, he and his companions were granted a general amnesty.
In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abdul Karim Qasim. He 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.
From 1959 to 1961, he was an aide and personal bodyguard to the immortal Barzani. In 1961, he participated in the Aylul Revolution and was a Lieutenant. In 1961, he participated in the battle of Gali Zawita and was wounded in this battle. He also participated in the battle of Gali Spi, where he was also wounded. He participated in the battle of Sari Atrushi. In 1963, he participated in the battle of Mount Matin , in 1966 he participated in the Handren Epic, from 1967 to 1975 he was a Battalion Commander in Baske Dere, in 1974 he participated in the battle of Sartiz, and in 1975 he participated in the battle of Gali Omar Agha.
From 1979 to 1991, he resided in the Goratu sub-district, and later he was moved by the government of Iraq to the Shakholan complex. In 1991, he participated in the uprising.
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