Biography

Dr. Abdulla Aziz Khalid Muhammad, known as Abdulla Agrin, was born in the city of Sulaymaniyah in 1949. He traces his lineage back to the Barzanji sheikhs, belonging to the branch of Sheikh Isa al-Barzanji of the Naqshbandi family of Mullah Muhammad Mullah Uthman al-Balkhi (1830-1906), known as Mahwi. In 1966, he completed the electrical department at the Sulaymaniyah Institute. In 1968, he was appointed as a teacher. In 1968, he was a journalist for the Arabic-language newspapers (Al-Ta'akhi, Sawt al-Mu'allim, and Brayi). In 1969, he published the story 'Kollamergi' in Central Kurdish in 88 pages in the city of Sulaymaniyah. In 1971, he was a member of the editorial board of the magazine 'Dangi Mamosta', the mouthpiece of the Sulaymaniyah branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union. In 1971, he published articles in the magazine 'Dangi Mamosta'. In 1973, he published a collection of stories in Central Kurdish titled '(Gry Kafe Weshakanit Da'amrkinetewe)' in 70 pages in the city of Baghdad. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution , he headed to the Kingdom of Iran but soon returned to Southern Kurdistan.

In 1984, he received a bachelor's degree in Kurdish language and literature from the University of Baghdad. In 1986, together with a group of writers, they published the book '(Le Barey Mahwi Lutkewe)' in the city of Baghdad. On Monday, 25 of July 1994, he received his master's degree in Kurdish literature under the title 'Kurdish Poetry between the years (1918-1930)' from the College of Arts at Salahaddin University (Erbil). In 1995, he was accepted as a postgraduate student in the Kurdish Department at Salahaddin University (Erbil). On Thursday, 18 of March 1999, he received his doctorate in Kurdish literature with the title 'The Influence of Nationalist Thought in the Kurdish Short Story in Iraqi Kurdistan (1961-1970)' from the College of Arts at Salahaddin University (Erbil). In 2005, he became a professor at Salahaddin University (Erbil) in the Kurdish Department with the rank of Assistant Professor. He is proficient in the Kurdish and Arabic languages.

Struggle Record

In 1959, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1961, due to political activity, he was detained for a short period by the security apparatus of the Iraqi government. In 1962, he was the head of the Sulaymaniyah Industrial Preparatory School (Kurdistan Students Union). In 1962, he was a member of the secretariat of the National Union of Kurdish Students (First Congress). In 1964, he joined the ranks of the Society for the Freedom of Life and the Kurdish Union (KAJIK). From 8 of December 1969 to 6 of March 1975, he was the head of the Sulaymaniyah branch of the Society for the Freedom of Life and the Kurdish Union (KAJIK). In 1970, he was a member of the Sulaymaniyah preparatory committee for the Third Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union. 

On 2 of February 1972, he was a representative at the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Erbil. From 25 of May 1972 until the collapse of the Aylul Revolution , he was a member of the leadership of the Society for the Freedom of Life and the Kurdish Union (KAJIK). On 1 of February 1974, he was a representative at the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Sulaymaniyah. In 1974, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga of the Aylul Revolution. On 18 of April 1974, he was a representative at the Peace Palace Congress of the Kurdistan Writers Union near the town of Choman in the border area of Erbil Governorate. In 1974, he was the editor-in-chief of the Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan Radio. In 1974, he was a teacher of the course on the development of human society for the fifth session of the cadre training school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the village of Zinoi Shekhi in Erbil Governorate. In 1974, he was the administrative director of the sixth session of the cadre training school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the village of Zinoi Shekhi.

In 1991, he participated in the uprising of Southern Kurdistan. From the days of 7 to 10 of October 1991, he was elected by the representatives of the Qalachwalan Congress as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (PASOK). During the years (1991-1992), he was the head of media for the Kurdistan Front. On 19 of March, he participated in a meeting of the Kurdistan Front to determine the date for the election of the Kurdistan National Assembly and to discuss the economic and security situation in Southern Kurdistan. At the beginning of 1992, representing the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party, he participated in a meeting of the Kurdistan Front to establish the High Committee for Supervising the Elections of the Kurdistan National Assembly. On 7 of April 1992, representing the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party, he participated in the broad Pirman meeting of the Kurdistan Front to prepare for the election process of the Kurdistan National Assembly. On Thursday, 20 of August 1992, in the city of Erbil, at the First Congress of the Kurdistan Unification Party, he delivered a welcoming speech to the attendees on behalf of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party. On Thursday, 27 of August 1992, he was elected by the representatives of the First Congress of the Kurdistan Unification Party as a member of the Central Committee. In 1992, he was a candidate on the Unification list for the election process of the Kurdistan National Assembly. In 1992, he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Unification Party. In 1992, he became the head of the media agency and a member of the research and studies agency of the Kurdistan Unification Party. In 1992, he participated in the First Congress of the Kurdistan Artists Union in the city of Erbil.

In 1993, following the fourth unification, he was elected by the Congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified (Eleventh Congress). In the middle of December 1994, he participated in a meeting of the administration of the political leadership of the Kurdistan Front. On 8 of February 1996, he was a member of a delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - He was a member of the unified [party] that participated in the celebration of the victory of the Iranian Islamic Revolution in the city of Tehran.

In 1998 he was the director of the eleventh session of the Cadre Training Institute in the city of Erbil, in 1999 he was elected by the congress representatives as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Twelfth Congress and was elected in sixth place, on 28 December 1999 he was appointed by the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party as the second official of the Central Bureau of Studies and Party Training of the Kurdistan Democratic Party , on Tuesday 4 July 2000 he participated in the opening of the Mukriyani Printing and Publishing House in the city of Erbil, in 2001 he was the official and teacher of the history course of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the twelfth session of the Cadre Institute of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Erbil, on Wednesday 4 January 2001 he participated in the third congress of the Kurdistan National Movement in the city of Erbil.

On Saturday 28 July 2001 he accompanied President Masoud Barzani to open the tenth congress of the Kurdistan Students Union in the city of Erbil, in 2002 he was the official of the thirteenth session of the Cadre Institute of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the town of Pirmam, Erbil Governorate, in 2003 he was made the official of the Central Bureau of National Relations affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 2004 he was the official of the fourteenth session of the Cadre Institute of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the town of Pirmam, Erbil Governorate, on 4 August 2010 he participated in the opening of the seventh congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union in the city of Erbil, in 2010 he was a representative of the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . 

Among his works:

  1. Kulemergi - 1969.

  2. Gry Kefey Wishekant Daamrkete-we - 1973.

  3. Al-Nidal al-Da'ub - 1974.

  4. Kurdistan aw Bilad al-Akrad - 1974.

  5. Baba Noel Torrawe - 1978.

  6. Parstga - 1980.

  7. Shwan - 1984.

  8. Basma - 1986.

  9. Lebarey Mahwi Lutkewe - 1986.

  10. Editing the poetry collection of Muhammad Salih Dilan - (First edition - 1987), second edition - 2013 AD).

  11. Editing the poetry collection of Kamaran Mukri - 1988.

  12. Shukri Fazli - A Kurdish political and national poet (1882 - 1926) - 1988.

  13. Editing the poetry collection of Shukri Fazli - 1988.

  14. Editing the poetry collection of Mirza Ghafur - 1991.

  15. Kurdish Political Poetry in Southern Kurdistan - 1996.

  16. Kurdish Political Poetry in Southern Kurdistan (1918 - 1930) - 1996.

  17. Relations Work and the Art of Diplomacy - 1998.

  18. The Influence of National Thought on the Development of the Kurdish Short Story in Iraqi Kurdistan (1961 - 1970) - 1999.

  19. Ta'thir al-Fikr al-Qawmi 'ala Tatawwur al-Qissa al-Qasira al-Kurdiyya (1961 - 1970) - 2000.

  20. Before the Uprising, in the memory of the fortieth day of (Kamaran Mukri), the stance of Kurdish poets and writers - 2010.

  21. My Collected Short Stories - 2013.

  22. A Bright Page in the History of KAZHIK - 2013.

  23. The Glorious History of KAZHIK - 2015.

Sources:

  1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.

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  3. News of Salahaddin University, Brayati Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, No. 2131 and 2132, Thursday, 20 July 1995 AD, p. 2.

  4. Abdullah Aziz Khalid, Parstga, (Baghdad - Kurdish Cultural and Publishing Agency - (Dar al-Hurriya for Printing) Press - 1980 AD), pp. 1, 107.

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  9. Prepared and annotated by Abdullah Agrin, Poetry Collection of Muhammad Salih Dilan, second edition, (Erbil - Chwar Chra Press - 2013 AD), pp. 1, 430.

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  22. Representative of President Barzani attends the Third Conference of the Kurdish National Movement, Brayati Newspaper, Organ of Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 3276, Erbil, Thursday, 4 January 2001, p. 1.

  23. Prepared by: Ari Faruq Hassan Nanakali, Institutions of Kurdistan Democratic Party and the September Revolution between the years 1961 - 1975, (Erbil - Ravza Press - 2016), p. 75.

  24. Opening of the Mukriyani Institution for Printing and Publishing in the capital Erbil, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 983, Erbil, Friday, 7 July 2000, p. 4.

  25. Election of a new Central Committee composed of 31 members and 9 reserve members, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 946, Erbil, Friday, 15 October 1999, p. 15.

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  28. Bwar Nuredin, Kurds and Kurdistan Bibliography and their Index in Kurdish Books, Volume Three Part Two, (Tehran - Tehran Press - 2016), p. 293.

  29. Final Statement of the First Conference of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (PASOK), Supplement to Serbxoyi (Independence) Magazine, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Independence Party (PASOK), Issue 1, December 1991, p. 3.

  30. The Party is responsible for developing national thought among the Kurdish people, Gulan Magazine, Gulan Cultural and Media Institution, Issue 337, Erbil, 5 July 2001, p. 6.

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  32. Habib Muhammad Karim, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (In Key Stations) 1946 - 1993, (Duhok - Khabat Press - 1998), p. 183.

  33. Dilshad Majid, The First Conference of the Kurdistan Artists Union, Kurdistan Nwe Newspaper, Organ of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Issue 84, First Year, Tuesday, 5 May 1992, p. 5.

  34. History of the Party's Cadre Courses, From the Mountains to the City, (Erbil - Center for Studies, Research and Party Academy - Rojhalat Press - 2019), pp. 45, 106 - 107, 109 - 110, 112 - 114, 122, - 123, 173.

  35. Master's Thesis, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 735, Wednesday, 27 July 1994, p. 16.

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  38. Shwan Sulaiman Yaba, Guide to Kurdish Bibliographies, (Erbil - Kurdistan Scientific Academy - Ministry of Education Press - 2006), pp. 363 - 364.

  39. A delegation of the Party's National Relations visits the Political Bureau of (YNDK), Khabat Newspaper, Organ of Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 1285, Erbil, Monday, 3 November 2003, p. 2.

  40. Abdullah Agrin and a PhD on the impact of national thought in the art of the Kurdish story, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, Issue 918, Erbil, Friday, 2 April 1999, p. 16.

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  42. Ali Sinjari, The Kurdish Issue and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq, Part Three, (Duhok - Khani Press - 2012), p. 479.

  43. Abdullah Agrin, The Glorious History of KAZHIK, (Erbil - Rojhalat Press - 2015), pp. 14, 21. 

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  48. Branch Two, Branch Two in Half a Century of Struggle, (Erbil - Aras Printing House - 2010), p. 34. 

  49.  In the master's thesis of Abdulla Agrin , Brayati newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, issue 2001, Erbil, Monday, 25 July 1994, p. 8.

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  57. A delegation from our party participates in the ceremony of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Brayati newspaper, issue 2156, Pirmam, Wednesday, 7 February 1996, p. 1.