Tamer Ahmed Shabaz was born in 1931 in the village of Sirêşme, which is part of the Khalifan town in the Erbil governorate. He was married and had two sons and five daughters. In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he migrated to the country of Iran, and in 1991 he returned to South Kurdistan and participated in the uprising against the Iraqi army, and later settled in the land of his fathers and grandfathers.
In 1962, he established contact with the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution. In 1963, after the Iraqi regime attacked the village of Sirêşme in the Khalifan district and burned the village, he and his family moved to the areas under the control of the revolution and settled in the Balek area. Tamer Ahmed Shabaz participated in the battles of the Qaladize and Sengeser area in the same year. When the Iraqi army planned to attack those places under the control of the revolution in the Mergasor, Sere Akre, and Piris Mountain areas with the intention of occupying the Barzan village and the area, Mullah Mustafa Barzani sent a letter to Ahmed Shabaz to attack the Iraqi army to reduce the intensity of the fighting on the Barzan area. For that reason, Tamer Ahmed Shabaz, after receiving permission from Mullah Mustafa Barzani returned to his father and with the cooperation and support of the people of Sirêşme, they launched a large-scale attack on the Iraqi army at the fortress of the village of Ruste in the Balekayati area and caused them great damage and losses.
In 1967, the Ahmed Shabaz family was displaced again due to the burning of their villages by the Iraqi army to the Berzagir plain on the border of the Herti Plain in the Sidekan district, and they remained there until March 11, 1970. After the March 11 agreement, on the order of Mullah Mustafa Barzani they returned to the village of Sirêşme.
In 1981, on the recommendation of Idris Barzani, he returned to the city of Shino in East Kurdistan and participated in the Gulan Revolution . Later, by the order of Franso Hariri, he returned to Xwakurk as a unit. In 1987, he participated in the Battle of Geli Rash in the Sidekan area, and in 1988, he participated in the Nazdar Dakh battle, which was part of the battles of the Xwakurk epic, and was wounded. Tamer Ahmed Shabaz was wounded several times, and all the muscles of his body were damaged due to severe burns in the Nazdar Dakh battle. Also, in 1987, in Geli Rash, he was severely wounded by the regime's banned Napalm, and one of his eyes lost its sight; for that reason, in 2013, they sent him to the country of Austria for medical treatment.
In 1991, during the uprising of South Kurdistan, he returned to South Kurdistan via Haji Omaran and participated in the uprising and the liberation of the city of Amedi. Later, he became a member of the Helgurd Command. In 1994, he was in the Special Brigade of the High Command and later took on the task of commanding the Peshmerga of the village of Sirêşme, which is part of the Khalifan town, which consisted of nearly 100 Peshmerga.
In 1996, on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani .
On July 29, 2015, he passed away due to the effects of his wounds, and at his own request and with the presence of the Delegate of President Masoud Barzani and a large crowd from the area, he was buried in the village of Sirêşme, the land of his fathers and grandfathers.
1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.