Biography 

The Martyr Commander Abdulqadir Hassan, known as Haji Qado Gravi, was born into a militant Kurdish family in Dola Shahidan (Khunukay) on the Iraq-Turkey border in the year 1928. 

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 In the year 1958, he became associated with the secret organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Zakho with Seyda Salih Yusifi. At the beginning of the glorious Aylul Revolution in the year 1961, he contacted the Immortal Barzani upon his arrival in the Zakho region, and it was decided to appoint him as commander of a force formed under his command based on orders from the Immortal Barzani, consisting of 150 people within the Zakho forces. In the year 1972, he became Deputy Commander of the Third Battalion of the Zakho forces, and after that, he became Commander of the Fourth Battalion in the Zakho forces in the year 1974 until the setback of the glorious Aylul Revolution. 

The Martyr Haji Qado performed many tasks and party activities in the region and in Kurdistan of Syria and Turkey. He provided assistance to the Peshmerga forces, including sending supplies and clothing to the Peshmerga, in addition to many needs and supplies during the life of the Aylul Revolution.

It is mentioned that the martyr sometimes provided assistance within the scope of the activities of the First Division of the Peshmerga at his own expense. The martyr participated in many battles, including: the distinguished role in controlling Ain Zala, the Battle of Matina, the Battle of Kuzit Gabana, the Battle of Siyar and Spindara, Dzi, the battles of Zakho many times, the battles of Ibrahim Khalil, and the Battle of Gawriya Omar Agha in the year 1974, where he was the commander of the Zakho forces in this battle. He repelled the enemy's attacks in the village of Haruri in the year 1977, and the great battle in Bilimbiri in the Barwari Bala region in the year 1977, where he was the commander.   

He sought refuge in Iran after the setback of the Aylul Revolution in the year 1975 and did not surrender to the enemy. He visited the region after several months for the purpose of moving and rescuing his family from the area that the enemy was controlling, and he was able to do so and moved his family to Iran.   

However, after they reached the village of Siro on the Turkish-Iranian border, they were detained by the defunct royal regime and they were all handed over to the Iraqi authorities. They were released after two months of detention in Erbil and Duhok. Because of his overwhelming national sentiment, the martyr was forced to head to the Turkish border again and join the Gulan Revolution in the year 1976, and he played a distinguished role in this revolution. He established a very important headquarters inside Iraqi Kurdistan in the village of Gufk and became one of the leaders of the Gulan Revolution, until the day of his martyrdom on May 24, 1977, in the Battle of Bilimbiri.  

Source:

Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.