Martyr Wasman Bas Hussein was born in 1939 in the village of Shiwan, belonging to the town of Sidakan in Erbil Governorate. He was a villager, worked in farming, and was married.  

In 1961, he joined the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Balek force, which at that time was commanded by Hadi Hasko. He took part in the battles of Gali Ali Beg and Sertiz. In 1964, he was martyred with a group of his comrades in the Battle of Omer Agha's Gorge as a result of shelling by the Ba'ath regime.

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