Haji Shekhomer Birokhi was born in the winter of Year 1916 in the village of Birokhi, belonging to the Shirwan Mazn sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil Governorate. He studied in a religious school, was imprisoned by the Iraqi government for four years after the setback of the Second Revolution of Barzan in Year 1945, and headed to his hometown and settled there after his release from prison.
And in Year 1959, after the return of Mullah Mustafa Barzani, Haji Shekhomer Birokhi returned once again to South Kurdistan, and in Year 1975, after the setback of the Aylul Revolution , he took refuge in Iran and settled in the village of Jaldian, belonging to the Oshnavieh district. Afterwards, he was deported by the Iranian government at that time to the city of Yazd, and his family joined him in the mentioned city in the month of July 1976, where they were reunited. He passed away in Year 1989.
In Year 1943, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces belonging to the Second Revolution of Barzan and became a wing commander. On October 20, 1943, when Mullah Mustafa Barzani returned from Sulaymaniyah to Barzan, the revolutionary forces carried out several combat activities led by Barzani; one of these activities was the attack on the police station of the village of (Zet) in the Gardian area, and Haji Shekhomer Birokhi succeeded in this mission.
On October 28, Year 1943, the Iraqi Army launched an attack on the Gortu area starting from Rawandiz with the aim of defeating the force of the revolutionary Barzanis, and Haji Birokhi participated as one of the commanders in countering this attack. He participated on November 10, 1943, in the epic of Mazna, and on August 28, 1945, he participated in the Battle of Badlian-Konegund, and he participated on the fifth of September 1945 in the epic of Meydan Morik, and he was severely wounded in this epic.
In Year 1945, after the setback of the Second Revolution of Barzan, Haji Birokhi was unable to go with Mullah Mustafa Barzani to East Kurdistan due to his serious injury, so the Iraqi government arrested him, and after four years of imprisonment, an attempt was made to hand him over to the Turkish Gendarmerie. In Year 1959, after the return of Mullah Mustafa Barzani from the Soviet Union, Haji Birokhi went to meet Mullah Mustafa Barzani, and that was the beginning of the joining of Haji Birokhi.
. In Year 1961, Haji Birokhi and a number of his clansmen joined the Peshmerga Forces belonging to the Aylul Revolution, and he participated on September 16, 1961, in the Battle of Mount Peres in Akre (Aqrah) against the Iraqi Army's attack on the areas of the revolutionary forces. In the same year, he participated in the epic of Lumana in the Bahdinan area, and in Year 1962, he participated in the battles of Baadre and Atrush.
On May 28, 1962, he returned with Mullah Mustafa Barzani to Rawandiz and Balakayati, and on April 4, 1962, he and a number of other Peshmerga commanders besieged the Rayat fortress in the Haji Omaran sub-district. In August 1962, after arriving in the Khoshnawati area with Mullah Mustafa Barzani , he participated in the liberation of the Hiran and Nazanin fortresses, and his headquarters was in Hiran and Nazanin. On September 25, 1962, he led the Peshmerga Forces to re-liberate the Khwakurk area in the Sidakan district.
On February 4, 1963, he accompanied Mullah Mustafa Barzani to the Ranya and Qaladze areas to defeat the traitors, and on June 29, 1963, he participated as a commander in the Battle of Darbandi Kori. He participated on July 13, 1963, in the Battle of Spilik near the village of Kalkin. On August 24, 1963, he participated in the Battle of Goran and had a major role as a commander in that battle, and on August 30, 1963, he countered a major attack by the Iraqi Army in Kolander at Mount Piran, and on September 17, 1963, he established with his Peshmerga comrades defensive lines led by Luqman Mustafa Barzani in the village of Shiwi, and several battles took place between the Peshmerga Forces and the Army.
In December 1964, he accompanied Mullah Mustafa Barzani to the Pishdar and Ranya areas, and from Year 1965 to Year 1970, Haji Birokhi played the role of the brave and wise commander in reorganizing the Peshmerga Forces and defending against the Iraqi Army's attacks on Mount Zozk, the Omar Agha Strait, Sartiz, and the Bisha Strait.
On April 6, 1966, he took command of the Peshmerga Forces to counter the Iraqi Army's attack on the Omar Agha Strait. In Year 1967, after the establishment of the Balak force, Haji Birokhi became the commander of the First Battalion of that force, and in Year 1968, the areas from the Musaka River to the Omar Agha Strait, Mount Zozk, the Bisha Strait, Mount Sartiz, and the Hamilton Road were placed under the supervision of Haji Birokhi.
In Year 1974, after the resumption of battles between the Peshmerga Forces and the Iraqi Army, he was responsible for the axes of Mount Zozk, Diana Plain, the Omar Agha Strait, and Mount Sartiz, and he repelled most of the Iraqi Army's attacks. Until Year 1975, the Peshmerga Forces were deployed in those places to prevent the Iraqi Army from advancing into them.
In Year 1980, he joined once again the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces belonging to the Golan Revolution, and formed a force of 90 Peshmerga, and they headed to carry out combat activities starting from the Khani area towards the Koper area and from there to the Toyi Valley, and they directed many strong blows to the Iraqi Army in Haji Omaran, and he continued his struggle and sacrifices until he was afflicted with an illness.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Board Kurdistan Democratic Party