Rasul Hassan Hussein Faqiani was born in 1955 in the village of Faqiani in the Akoyan Valley, affiliated with the Rawanduz District in Erbil Governorate. He was literate, married, and had two sons and two daughters.
In 1974, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Mela Amin Barzani Battalion. In 1977, he joined the secret organizations of the Party. In 1979, he was arrested by the Security Directorate of the Ba'ath government in the city of Rawanduz. After three months in prison, he escaped and was shot at by the prison guards, being wounded by three bullets. While wounded, he reached the village of Faqiani in the Rawanduz District, and was sent to the Country of Iran for treatment.
In 1979, after his release from prison, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Gulan Revolution and participated in several partisan battles and Peshmerga activities, including the Battle of Gornok, the Battle of Satiz, Gali Migar, Kel Kel, and the Battle of the village of Faqian. He was wounded in 1983.
In 1991, he participated in the popular uprising of Southern Kurdistan and held several responsibilities and ranks in the Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan, including: Regiment Intelligence, in the Mustafa Sofi Ali Regiment. In 1995, he received the rank of member of the Rawanduz District Committee and was responsible for the Akoyan Valley organization committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
On the night of October 17, 1996, during an attack by a force of the Union on the headquarters of the Rawanduz District Committee, he was captured while wounded and was martyred in the village of Garawan.
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