Biography

Salih Abdullah Najmadin Taha was born in Duhok, his great-grandfather was one of the sheikhs following the Naqshbandi path of Mawlana Khalid Naqshbandi (1779-1827) in the town of Zakho, affiliated with the Mosul Vilayet, Salih Yusifi In Year 1938 he finished high school in the city of Baghdad, at the same time he started composing poetry in the Kurdish language and the Kurmanji dialect, in Year 1939 he was accepted into the Baghdad College of Science, he was one of the participants of the Kurdish-language magazine Hawar which was published in the city of Damascus, in Year 1941 he started writing poetry, in Year 1942 he graduated with distinction from the College of Science (Dar al-Ulum) of Baghdad in the Sharia department, in Year 1942 he was appointed as a teacher at the primary school of Harir town affiliated with the Erbil Education Directorate, in Year 1943 he was appointed as a clerk at the Mosul Court, in Year 1947 he was imprisoned for his political stance and exiled for two years to the city of Hilla in central Iraq, later he was granted amnesty and returned to Kurdistan, in Year 1949 he started working as the first clerk of the Sinjar Court affiliated with the Mosul Governorate, in Year 1952 he was imprisoned again by the authorities of the Kingdom of Iraq due to political activity, in Year 1954 he was transferred to the Zakho Court. He was proficient in the Kurdish and Arabic languages.

Struggle History

Salih Abdullah Najmadin Taha in Year 1939 was one of the founders of the Brusk Association in the city of Mosul, later he joined the ranks of the Hiwa Party of Kurdistan and initially in the city of Baghdad he was active in spreading national sentiment, in Year 1943 he separated from the Hiwa Party of Kurdistan and started founding the Khurtet Welat Association, in Year 1945 he joined the ranks of the Rizgari Kurd Party, during the years (1943-1945) he supported the second Barzani revolution, in Year 1945 he carried the letter and instructions of the Hiwa Party of Kurdistan to the leader Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979), in Year 1946 at the first Congress he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Executive Committee (Central Committee) of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and in that same year he was the head of the Mosul regional committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1957 he was a member of the Zakho regional committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party, from February 1, 1957 to September 5, 1959 he was the head of the Zakho regional committee affiliated with the First Branch Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party. 

In Year 1959 after the second Baghdad conference and the suspension of the wing of the guardian Hamza Abdullah Omar (1915-1998) he was elected as the head of the Zakho regional committee affiliated with the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in Year 1959 he supervised the signing of the register of 602 personalities of Zakho for the purpose of requesting Kurdish education in the Kurdish areas of Mosul Governorate to be submitted to the Ministry of Guidance (Education and Instruction) of the Republic of Iraq, on March 8, 1959 against the rebellion of Colonel Abdul Wahab Shawaf (1916-1959) he led a demonstration in the town of Zakho and assisted in gathering armed forces from the supporters of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party to attack the city of Mosul which was the center of this rebellion, in Year 1959 he was under the surveillance of the Iraqi Army Intelligence, in Year 1960 he was the head of the First Branch Committee, in Year 1960 at the fifth Congress he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1960 after the completion of the fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he was made the head of the First Branch Committee, on October 15, 1960 he was the first member of the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to be imprisoned by the authority of Abdul Karim Qasim (1914-1963) in Mosul, Baghdad and Nasiriyah, in Year 1961 he was exiled to the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, in Year 1962 he was released from the Mosul prison, in Year 1962 after his release an arrest warrant was issued for him and he went into hiding, during the years (1962-1963) he was the head of the Fifth Branch Committee.

In Year 1963 he held discussions with Ali Salih al-Saadi (1928-1977), the General Secretary of the leadership of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, regarding the coup of February 8, 1963 against Staff Brigadier General Abdul Karim Qasim, the Prime Minister of Iraq, in exchange for recognizing the right of autonomy for Kurdistan, the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party would support and assist them, and he ordered the Kurdistan Students Union to participate in the strike of students affiliated with the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party at the University of Baghdad against the rule of Abdul Karim Qasim, on February 8, 1963 and during the coup he issued a statement of support on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to the Baghdad Radio station which was in the hands of the coup plotters, at the end of February Year 1963 he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces, in Year 1963 he was a representative of the Koya General Congress, on February 18, 1963 he was the deputy head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation for the purpose of negotiating with the Iraqi government, and on June 9, 1963 he was imprisoned by the Iraqi government upon his return to southern Kurdistan at the Kirkuk airport and was severely tortured, in Year 1963 he was imprisoned in the Hilla prison in central Iraq and later in the central prison of Baghdad.

In Year 1964 he was released from prison, in Year 1964 at the sixth Congress without his presence he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1964 he was a member of the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan, on April 3, 1965 he was appointed as the head of media for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1965 he was the editor-in-chief of the Khabat newspaper, the organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1966 at the seventh Congress He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the Congress representatives. In 1966, he was the head of the Fifth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In November 1966, he was appointed as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On June 22, 1966, he was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation to the Iraq government, which led to the declaration of the June 29 statement by Dr. Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1914–1973), the Prime Minister of Iraq. In 1966, he was made the head of the Media Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On April 2, 1967, he was a member of a Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation that met with Lieutenant General Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Arif (1916–2007) at the Republican Palace in Baghdad for the purpose of discussing the implementation of the articles of the June 1966 agreement for the autonomy of Kurdistan by the Iraq government. On April 15, 1967, as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was a representative at the Military-Political Conference of Kani Samak (Erbil). On Saturday, April 29, 1967, he was the editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language newspaper (Al-Ta'akhi). On Wednesday, January 18, 1967, accompanied by a Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation, they held a meeting with Lieutenant General Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Arif (1916–2007) at the Green Palace in Baghdad, and the focus of the discussion was the June agreement. In May 1967, he was the licensee of the Brayati newspaper, which was the Kurdish supplement to the Arabic-language newspaper (Al-Ta'akhi) published in Baghdad. On January 10, 1970, he was a member of the nine-person Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation for negotiations regarding autonomy for Southern Kurdistan with officials of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Baghdad. On March 21, 1970, in the Khuldi Hall in Baghdad, he read the speech of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On March 29, 1970, by a republican decree, he was appointed as a Minister of State in the cabinet of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914–1982). On March 29, 1970, he participated in the Newroz celebration at Sadr al-Qanat in Baghdad.

In 1970, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Iraq-Soviet Friendship Association. On May 16, 1970, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Acting Minister of Justice. On Friday, June 12, 1970, by the order of President  Mustafa Barzani (1903–1979), he became a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation to visit the city of Najaf in western Iraq for the purpose of participating in the funeral of the Grand Ayatollah Abd al-Muhsin al-Hakim (1889–1970), the supreme religious authority of the world's Shiites. In 1970, he was a teacher of the course on the revolution of peoples at the third session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre training school. On July 27, 1970, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Acting Minister of Northern Affairs in the Iraq government. In 1970, at the Eighth Congress he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee, and later, in the first meeting of the Central Committee, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1970, he was made the head of the Fifth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On Sunday, August 16, 1970, in Baghdad, he presented the speech of the Fifth Branch Committee to the attendees of the celebration of the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In September 1970, in Cairo, he participated in the burial of the body of President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970). On October 22, 1970, at the conference of the Kurdish Cultural Association in Baghdad, he received the first number of votes from the representatives with 169 votes, and on October 30, 1970, he was elected as president by the executive board. He was a member of the High Committee of Iraqi Pacifists. On November 9, 1970, he was appointed as Acting Minister of Education in the Iraq government. From 1970 to 1974, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Iraq-Soviet Union Friendship Association. From 1970 to 1974, he was the editor-in-chief of the Roj-i Kurdistan magazine. 

In 1970, he was a member of the seven-person peace committee between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. On February 17, 1971, he was appointed as Acting Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the Iraq government. On May 8, 1971, he was appointed as Acting Minister of Roads and Housing in the Iraq government. On Tuesday, June 22, 1971, at the headquarters of the Fifth Branch Committee in Baghdad, he welcomed Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), known as Saddam al-Tikriti, the Vice President of Iraq. On July 14, 1971, as a representative of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914–1982), the President of Iraq, he participated in the opening of the Second Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union in Erbil. On July 17, he was elected to the executive board by the representatives of the Second Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union. In 1971, he was the editor-in-chief of the Kurdish-Arabic language magazine (Shams Kurdistan), which was published in Baghdad. On Tuesday, June 22, 1971, at the headquarters of the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Baghdad, he welcomed a delegation from the Soviet Communist Party.

From 14 to 17 July 1971, he was elected by the representatives of the Second Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union in the city of Erbil to the administrative board and later as president. From 11 to 14 November 1972, as a Minister of State in the government of Iraq and a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he participated in the Oil as a Weapon conference, which was organized by the (National Council for Peace and Solidarity) in the city of Baghdad. On 3 January 1972, as a representative of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914-1982), the President of Iraq, he participated in the opening of the First Kurdish Poetry Festival in the city of Kirkuk. On 6 February 1972, by an order of the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq, he was appointed as a member of the Education Planning Council. On 6 February 1972, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Minister of Public Works and Housing in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. In mid-1972, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Astera, a supplement to the magazine Roja Kurdistan in the field of children. On 2 July 1972, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Minister of Finance in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. On 11 July 1972, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. On 11 September 1972, he supervised the delegation of the Republic of Iraq at the regional meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the city of Kuwait. On 1 November 1972, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Minister of Northern Affairs in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. On 18 November 1972, he was elected as president by the administrative board of the Kurdish Writers Union. On 5 February 1973, representing Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914-1982), the President of Iraq, he participated in the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Erbil. In April 1973, he was a member of the National Council for Peace and Solidarity in the Republic of Iraq (Al-Majlis al-Watani lil-Silm wal-Tadamun fi al-Jumhuriyah al-Iraqiyah). On Tuesday, 12 June 1973, he was appointed as Minister of Health in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. In mid-June 1973, he was elected as the head of the preparatory committee of the Kurdistan Region for all mass organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which intended to participate in the Tenth World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin. On 8 July 1973, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Minister of Municipalities in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. In mid-November 1973, he supervised the delegation of the Party to Moscow and met with Boris Ponomarev, a candidate member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the topic of discussion was the problems between the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the Iraqi Communist Party. On 31 October 1973, he was a representative of the Congress of Peace and Solidarity Forces (Mu'tamar Quwa al-Silm wal-Tadamun) in the city of Moscow and a member of the Indo-Chinese Committee and the Middle East Committee.

In 1973, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the authorities of the Soviet Union. On 17 November 1973, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Minister of Transport in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. In 1974, after being elected by the representatives of the Fourth Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union, he was elected as a member of the board of directors, and in the first meeting of the board of directors on 14 January 1974, he was elected as president. In 1974, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Nusari Kurd. On 26 February 1974, by a republican decree, he was appointed as Minister of Public Works and Housing in an acting capacity in the Iraqi government. In 1974, after the issuance of the Law of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of the Kurdistan Region, he was appointed as Minister of Justice and Islamic Endowments. On 12 March 1974, due to the non-implementation of the 11 March Agreement, he submitted his resignation to Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914-1982), the President of Iraq, gave up his ministerial position, and headed to the liberated areas of the September Revolution. On 7 April 1974, by a republican decree, he was removed from his position as Minister of State in the cabinet of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. On 28 April 1974, after his house was seized by the Iraqi government, his family was expelled to the liberated areas. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he returned to Southern Kurdistan and was exiled to the city of Baghdad. In 1976, he was among the founding members of the Kurdistan Socialist Movement. In 1978, he officially boycotted the Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union, which was held under the umbrella of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. In October 1978, he was imprisoned by the General Security of Baghdad. In 1979, at the unification conference of Gorashir, despite his absence, he was elected by the conference representatives as the Secretary of the United Socialist Party of Kurdistan. On 25 June 1981, he was martyred in the city of Baghdad by a booby-trapped letter by the Iraqi Intelligence Agency (Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Iraqiyah), headed by Barzan Tikriti, and was buried in the Zakho cemetery. On 1 July 1981, the news of his martyrdom was broadcast on the Voice of Kurdistan radio, the radio of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On 2 July 1981, the condolence message of President Masoud Barzani was broadcast via the Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan radio. In 1993, in the decisions of the Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - the Unified [Party], he was named as an immortal martyr.

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  83. Dana Adams Schmidt, Journey to Brave Men in Kurdistan, translation and commentary by Jirjis Fathallah, (Erbil - Aras House for Printing and Publishing - Ministry of Education Press - 1999), pp. 353 - 354, 358 - 359, 361, 372 - 373, 375, 383.
  84. Derek Kinnane, The Kurds and Kurdistan, translated by Ibrahim Younesi, (Tehran - Negah Publishing Institution - Nobahar Press - 1372 SH), p. 141.
  85. News and Reports, Erbil Magazine, Erbil Municipality, Issue 5, Year 2, Najaf, (Al-Ghari Al-Haditha Press), April 1972, p. 53.
  86. History of the Party's cadre sessions, from the mountains to the city, (Erbil - Party Studies, Research and Academy Center - Rojhalat Press - 2019), p. 34.
  87. Rizgar Nuri Shaways, We issued Khabat secretly in Baghdad after it was suspended, Khabat Newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 922, Erbil, Friday, 30 April 1999, p. 8.
  88. Comrade Ali Sinjari talks about his memories and thoughts on the Kurdish liberation movement during 30 years of struggle, Al-Shu'la Newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Union - Iraq, Issue 5, mid-February 1984, p. 2.
  89. The President of the Kurdish Culture Association mourns the martyrdom of Comrade Mohammed Sulaiman and his companions, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 791, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Sunday, 25 July 1971, p. 1.
  90. Zozan Salih Al-Yousifi, Thoughts from My Memory, (Turkey - Kalkan Press - 2018), pp. 107, 133, 239, 266, 268, 283, 549, 565, 572.
  91. Zozan Salih Al-Yousifi, Pages from the Life of the Militant Salih Al-Yousifi on the Anniversary of His Martyrdom, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Dar Al-Taakhi for Printing and Publishing, Issue 4508, Third Cycle, Baghdad, Sunday, 26 June 2005, p. 4.
  92. Ministers and Governors Resign, Here is the Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan Bulletin, General Secretariat for Information, Culture and Youth, Directorate of Publications of the Information Directorate, 1974, pp. 12-13.
  93. Sami Shorsh, The Diversity of Kurds in Iraq, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House - Ministry of Education Press - 2000), p. 13.
  94. Sami Shorsh, Kurdistan and the Kurds, Second Edition, (Erbil - Rojhelat Press - 2019), p. 125.
  95. Sami Faraj, History Will Hold Us Accountable, First Episode, Issue 460, Second Year, Baghdad, Dar Al-Zaman Press, Thursday, 2 February 1967, p. 3.
  96. Greetings from the Party on its Twenty-Fourth Anniversary, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 518, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Saturday, 22 August 1970, p. 5.
  97. Salam Abdulkarim, Political Life in Southern Kurdistan 1975-1991, (Sulaymaniyah - Chwarchra Printing and Publishing - 2011), pp. 43, 83.
  98. Seyda Salih Yousifi was the cavalier of the Kurdish path, peace and democracy, Brayati Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 1976, Erbil, Saturday, 25 June 1994, p. 8.
  99. Mr. Barzani expresses his wishes to the visiting German delegation, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1067, Baghdad, Times Press, Thursday, 22 June 1972, p. 1.
  100. Mr. Barzani delegates a delegation to participate in the funeral ceremonies held for the soul of the great deceased, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 461, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Saturday, 13 June 1970, p. 5.
  101. The President receives Idris Barzani, Al-Arab Newspaper, Issue 744, Fourth Year, Baghdad, Thursday, 19 January 1967, p. 1.
  102. Sayyid Ali Mojani, Solmaz Sedghi, Elahe Nemati, ..., Culture of Contemporary Iraqi Figures and Families, (Tehran - Ezam Publishing - 1392 AH), pp. 647-648.
  103. Poets of Kurdistan, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 864, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Monday, 18 October 1971, p. 8.
  104. Shakib Aqrawi, Years of Ordeal in Kurdistan: The Most Important Political and Military Events in Kurdistan and Iraq from 1958 to 1980, Second Edition, (Erbil - Manara Press - 2007), pp. 155, 157, 303.
  105. Shakib Aqrawi, Saddam Hussein: Rise and Fall, (Erbil - Haji Hashim Press - 2009), p. 381.
  106. Sha'ban Ali Sha'ban, Some Political and Historical Information, Third Edition, (Erbil - Rojhelat Press - 2013), p. 117.
  107. Martyr Seyda Salih Yousifi, Khabat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 632, Erbil, Sunday, 16 August 1992, p. 5.
  108. The Martyr Militant Salih Al-Yousifi in His Fragrant Memory, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 680, Erbil, Wednesday, 23 June 1993, p. 13.
  109. Sheikh Muse Wermeli, The September Revolution in the Zakho Region, (Duhok - College of Sharia Press - 2000), p. 16.
  110. Subhi Abdul Hamid, Iraq in the Years 1960-1969, (Damascus - Dar Babil for Studies and Media - 2009), p. 61.
  111. Salahaddin Mohammed Saadallah, Gavan and the Passage of Years 1930-2007, Part One, (Erbil - Hivi Press - 2009), p. 60.
  112. Salahaddin Mohammed Saadallah, Gavan and the Passage of Years 1930-2007, Part Two, (Erbil - Hivi Press - 2009), pp. 80-81.
  113. Tariq Jambaz, Hiva Party in the Erbil Brigade, (Erbil - Yasaparezi Magazine - Ministry of Agriculture Press - 2005), pp. 95-96.
  114. Adil Mela Salih, A Glimpse into the Political, Diplomatic, and Cultural Life of Seyda Salih Yousifi, (Sulaymaniyah - Karokh Press - 2011), pp. 7, 8, 11, 12, 55-56, 57.
  115. Abdulrazaq Mazrang, Salih Yousifi in the Realm of the Immortals, Al-Ittihad Newspaper, Central Newspaper of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Issue 426, Ninth Year, Sulaymaniyah, Friday, 22 June 2001, p. 1.
  116. Abdulsalam Ali, Pages from the Struggle of the Martyr Salih Al-Yousifi, (No location - High Committee of the Kurdistan Front - 1992), pp. 8, 13, 30, 37.
  117. Abdul-Fattah Ali Al-Butani, Badinan Region 1925-1970: A Study in Political Events and Developments, Part One, (Erbil - Kurdish Academy - 2017), p. 478.
  118. Abdul-Fattah Ali Al-Butani, Badinan Region 1925-1970: A Study in Political Events and Developments, Part Two, (Erbil - Kurdish Academy - 2017), pp. 457, 459.
  119. Abdulwahab Abdulrahim Hamawand, From the Association's Activities, Shams Kurdistan Magazine, Issue Sixteen, Third Year, Baghdad, Al-Zaman Press, February 1974, p. 37.
  120. Ismet Cherif Vanly, Iraqi Kurdistan: A National Identity (A Study of the 1961 Revolution), translated by Suad Mohammed Khader, (Sulaymaniyah - Jin Institution - Shvan Press - 2012), pp. 316, 328.
  121. Omar Osman, The Life of a Kurd, Volume One, (Erbil - Haji Hashim Press - 2005), p. 57.
  122. Ezaddin Mustafa Rasul, Part of My Memoirs, Volume One, (Sulaymaniyah - Sardam Printing and Publishing House - Hamdi House Press - 2006), pp. 218-219.
  123. Fazil Karim Ahmed, We Set Out with Big Dreams, Volume One, (Sulaymaniyah - Taran Press - 2019), pp. 40, 42.
  124. Fayez Al-Khafaji, Political Bullets in Iraq, Part Two, (Baghdad - Dar Qanadil for Publishing and Distribution - 2018), pp. 54-55, 59-100, 234-240.
  125. The Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party holds a gala, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1285, Baghdad, Times Press, Sunday, 18 March 1973, p. 5.
  126. The Fifth Branch and Kurdish Organizations commemorate Martyrs' Day, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1364, Baghdad, Times Press, Thursday, 21 June 1973, p. 4.
  127. The Fifth Branch celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 811, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Tuesday, 17 August 1971, p. 1.
  128. Farhad Awni, In Another Page of the Great September Revolution, Gulan Arabi Magazine, Issue 28, Erbil, Ministry of Culture Press, 22 September 1998, p. 39.
  129. Farhad Awni, How did the situation lead to the resumption of fighting in Kurdistan in the spring of 1974?, Gulan Arabi Magazine, Gulan Media Institution, Issue 28, Erbil, 25 September 1998, p. 40.
  130. Farid Asasard, Encyclopedia of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Volume One, Third Edition, (Sulaymaniyah - Academy of Thought and Cadre Development - Hamdi Press - 2016), pp. 584-586.
  131. Fuad Sadiq, The Storm of Politics, (Erbil - Ministry of Culture - General Directorate of Printing and Publishing - Roshinbiri Press - 2006), pp. 149, 150-151. 
  132. Revolutionary Command Council Decision No. 192, Al-Waqae Al-Iraqiya Newspaper, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2003 A, Baghdad, Wednesday, 26 May 1971, p. 5.
  133. Revolutionary Command Council Decree No. 55, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2099 A, Baghdad, Monday, 21 February 1972, p. 2.
  134. Revolutionary Command Council Decree No. 85, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 1973 A, Baghdad, Saturday, 13 March 1971, p. 7.
  135. Karim Sharaza, The Militant, Writer, and Journalist Salih al-Yusifi 1918-1981, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 907, Erbil, Friday, 8 January 1999, p. 11.
  136. Karim Sharaza, Kurdistan Revolution Minister Nafiz Jalal Huwezi, Brayati Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 1989, Erbil, Sunday, 19 July 1994, p. 3.
  137. The Fifth Conference of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Roji Nwe Magazine, Issue Three, First Year, Sulaymaniyah, June 1960, p. 56.
  138. The Fourth Conference of the Kurdistan Teachers Union - Iraq, Dangi Mamosta Magazine, organ of the Sulaymaniyah Branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union, Issue 8, Second Year, Sulaymaniyah, Raparin Press, February 1973, p. 55.
  139. The Second Conference of the Kurdish Writers Union, Erbil Magazine, Erbil Municipality, Issue 2, Year 2, Erbil, Kurdistan Press, September 1971, pp. 39, 41.
  140. Preparatory Committee for the Kurdistan Region for the World Festival of Youth and Students, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1359, Baghdad, Times Press, Friday, 15 June 1973, p. 2.
  141. Meeting between a delegation of the Lebanese Communist Party and a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Baghdad, Times Press, Issue 1321, Tuesday, 1 May 1973, p. 4.
  142. Friendly meeting between the delegations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Soviet Communist Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1489, Baghdad, Times Press, Sunday, 18 November 1973, p. 1.
  143. Website of the First Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party:
  144. Shams Kurdistan Magazine, First Issue, Baghdad, Al-Zaman Press, 1971, p. 1.
  145. Muhammad al-Badri, Opening of the Fourth Conference of the Second Session of the Kurdistan Teachers Syndicate, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1252, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, 6 February 1973, p. 4.
  146. Muhammad Shakali, A Ray from the Sunshine of a Master's Struggle, Kurdistan Nwe Newspaper, organ of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Issue 660, Third Year, Erbil, Thursday, 14 April 1994, p. 6.
  147. Muhammad Amir Dirshawi, The Religious-Political Structure in Kurdistan, (Erbil - Hivi Press - 2016), p. 316.
  148. Mahmud al-Durra, The Kurdish Question and Arab Nationalism in the Battle of Iraq, (Beirut - Dar al-Tali'a Publications - 1963), p. 181.
  149. Muhammad Ali Ismail, My Memoirs: Seventy Years of Life and More Than Half a Century of Struggle, (No place - 2019), p. 132.
  150. Muhammad Malla Qadir, Struggle Record: A Brief History of the Party and the Culture of the Immortal Barzani, Second Edition, (Erbil - Aras Printing and Publishing House - 2007), pp. 20, 45, 55, 65, 68.
  151. Republican Decree No. 180, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 1867, Twelfth Year, Baghdad, Tuesday, 14 April 1970, p. 11.
  152. Republican Decree No. 183, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 1867, Twelfth Year, Baghdad, Tuesday, 14 April 1970, p. 12.
  153. Republican Decree No. 233, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2256, Fifteenth Year, Baghdad, Tuesday, 19 June 1973, p. 3.
  154. Republican Decree No. 246, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2155 A, Baghdad, Monday, 19 June 1972, p. 6.
  155. Republican Decree No. 278, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Culture and Information in Iraq, Issue 1887, Twelfth Year, Baghdad, Monday, 8 June 1970, p. 1.
  156. Republican Decree No. 278, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Culture and Information in Iraq, Issue 1887, Twelfth Year, Baghdad, Monday, 8 June 1970, p. 1.
  157. Republican Decree No. 280, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2261, Fifteenth Year, Baghdad, Wednesday, 11 July 1973, p. 9.
  158. Republican Decree No. 286, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2161, Baghdad, Monday, 10 July 1972, p. 5.
  159. Republican Decree No. 305, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2164, Baghdad, Saturday, 22 July 1972, p. 9.
  160. Republican Decree No. 424, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Culture and Information in Iraq, Issue 1913 A, Baghdad, Wednesday, 26 August 1970, p. 16.
  161. Republican Decree No. 437, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2297, Sixteenth Year, Baghdad, Tuesday, 20 November 1973, p. 8.
  162. Republican Decree No. 477, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2198, Fifteenth Year, Baghdad, Monday, 13 November 1972, p. 3.
  163. Republican Decree No. 487, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 2308, Fifteenth Year, Baghdad, Saturday, 29 December 1973, p. 7.
  164. Republican Decree No. 630, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 1945, Baghdad, Tuesday, 15 December 1970, p. 5.
  165. Republican Decree No. 650, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Iraq, Issue 1945, Baghdad, Tuesday, 15 December 1970, p. 7.
  166. Republican Decree No. 79, The Iraq Gazette, Ministry of Information in Baghdad, Issue 2326, Sixteenth Year, Baghdad, Saturday, 9 March 1974, p. 7.
  167. Masoud Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume Three, (Erbil - Ministry of Education Press - 2002), pp. 188, 217, 253.
  168. Muslih Abdulqadir, An Old Member of the Party Speaks for Brayati, Brayati Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 2022, Erbil, Friday, 19 August 1994, pp. 4, 7.
  169. Mulla Mustafa Barzani and his companions submit news to the Minister of Interior regarding the founding of the Party, Khabat (The Struggle) Newspaper, Issue 141, Al-Ra'i al-Aam Press, Baghdad, Sunday, 9 January 1960, pp. 1, 8.
  170. Mahmud Uthman, The Kurdistan Revolution, (Location unknown - Kurdistan Democratic Party - Political Bureau - 1970), p. 112.
  171. Huge festivals in celebration of Nowruz, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Al-Taakhi Supplement, Issue 1289, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, 24 March 1973, p. 8.
  172. Malla Faruq Shawani, All Kurds, Volume One, (Erbil - Roshinbiri Press - 1997), pp. 70, 90, 117.
  173. The Second Conference of the Kurds Union, Shams Kurdistan Magazine, Issue 3 and 4, Baghdad, Dar al-Salam Press, August and September 1971, p. 31.
  174. Muhsin Uthman, Sayda Salih Yusifi: Intellectual, Diplomat, and Politician, (Erbil - Hivi Press - 2012), pp. 2, 4.
  175. Results of the elections for the new Administrative Body of the Kurdish Culture Association, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 572, Baghdad, Dar al-Jahiz Press, Saturday, 24 October 1970, p. 5.
  176. Najm al-Din al-Yusifi, The Glorious September Revolution, (Duhok - First Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified - College of Sharia Press - 1995), pp. 20, 26, 32.
  177. Nuri Shaways, From My Memoirs, (No place - Publications of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - 1985), pp. 22, 81.
  178. On behalf of the President, Mr. Al-Yousifi opened the Third Conference of the Union of Kurdish Writers, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1189, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, November 18, 1972, p. 4.
  179. The new administrative body of the Kurdish Culture Association holds its first meeting yesterday, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1018, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, April 25, 1972,
  180. A delegation from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Baghdad, Times Press, Issue 1321, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, p. 4.
  181. A delegation from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Baghdad, Times Press, Issue 1321, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, p. 4.
  182. A delegation from the Arab Front Participating in the Palestinian Revolution meets with a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1356, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, p. 4.
  183. A delegation from the Arab Front Participating in the Palestinian Revolution meets with a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1356, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, p. 4.
  184. A delegation from the National Front of the People's Republic of Bulgaria arrives yesterday at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 747, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Monday, May 31, 1971, p. 1.
  185. A delegation from the Italian Communist Party visits the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 918, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Wednesday, December 22, 1971, p. 1.
  186. The guest Soviet Communist Party delegation visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1053, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, June 6, 1972, p. 4.
  187. A delegation from the French Communist Party meets with a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Baghdad, Times Press, Issue 1321, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, p. 4.
  188. A delegation from the French Communist Party meets with a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1321, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, p. 4.
  189. The Soviet party and official delegation visits the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party yesterday, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 766, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Wednesday, June 23, 1971, p. 1.
  190. A Soviet youth delegation visits the headquarters of the Iraqi-Soviet Friendship Association, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 726, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Wednesday, May 5, 1970, p. 4.
  191. The Vietnamese revolutionary delegation visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 978, Baghdad, Times Press, Wednesday, March 8, 1972, p. 4.
  192. A delegation from the National Conference for the Support of Southern Lebanon visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party yesterday morning, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1284, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, March 17, 1973, p. 1.
  193. A delegation from the National Conference for the Support of Southern Lebanon visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party yesterday morning, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1284, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, March 17, 1973, p. 1.
  194. A delegation from Zimbabwe visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1365, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, June 23, 1973, p. 4.
  195. A delegation from the Soviet Peace Committee visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1025, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, May 6, 1972, p. 5.
  196. A delegation from the Finnish Peace Council visits the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1301, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, April 7, 1979, p. 4.
  197. A delegation from the Political Committee of the Resistance Movement visits the Fifth Branch, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Baghdad, Times Press, Issue 1328, Thursday, May 10, 1973, p. 4.
  198. A delegation from the Palestinian Liberation Movement (Fatah) visits the headquarters of the Fifth Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1062, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, June 17, 1972, p. 4.
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  200. Ako Abdullah, In memory of Salih Yousifi Poet and struggler, Safar Yusuf Mirkan, Grandmother Zulfiya .. A treasure of memories, Khabat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 2536, Erbil, Monday, June 25, 2007, p. 8.
  201. Ahmed Bawer, Contemporary History of Iraq 1914 - 1968, (Sulaymaniyah - Karo Press - 2018), p. 382.
  202. The first meeting of the new administrative body of Kurdish writers, Brayati Newspaper, Issue 7, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Tuesday, January 15, 1974, p. 5.
  203. Al-Yousifi gives two interviews, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1497, Baghdad, Times Press, Tuesday, November 27, 1973, p. 2.
  204. Al-Yousifi receives the representative of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and a delegation from the Spartacus organization, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 1009, Baghdad, Times Press, Saturday, April 15, 1972, p. 4.
  205. Al-Yousifi condemns every separatist call or movement and confirms Barzani's adherence to the implementation of the June Statement, Al-Manar Newspaper, Issue 3658, twelfth year, Baghdad, Saturday, February 25, 1967, p. 4.
  206. Al-Yousifi opens the headquarters of the Kurdistan Women's Union on Al-Kifah Street, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 608, Baghdad, Tuesday, December 8, 1970, p. 5.
  207. Omid Ashna, Seyda Salih Yousifi Writer and struggler, (No place - 1996), pp. 2 - 6, 10 - 11.
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