Khanamir Mustafa Omar Bawayi was born in 1932 in the village of Bawa, Mergasor district, Erbil Governorate. In 1945, he was displaced with his family to the country of Iran. In 1947, he returned to Southern Kurdistan, was detained for a while in the Diana camp, and later returned to the village of Sheikh Sida in the Mergasor district.
In 1961, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga under Hamadamin Mirkhani Mergasori and participated in the Battle of Zawita. In 1962, he was wounded in the Battle of Goraz Mountain. In 1963, he participated in the Battle of Bardi Spingi. In the same year, he came to the Balakayati region and participated in the battles of Barziwa and Diana against the Iraqi Army's invasion of the Balakayati region. In 1969, he became a bodyguard for Idris Barzani.
In 1976, he rejoined the Peshmerga Forces of the Gulan Revolution and came back to the Katina region for six months. In 1991, he returned to Southern Kurdistan with Nechirvan Barzani and participated in the uprising of the city of Sulaymaniyah and the regions of that governorate. In 1992, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and participated in the battles to defend the rule of law. In 1998, he was wounded in the Balisan region.
On December 16, 2010, at the 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, due to the services he had rendered to the Kurd and Kurdistan, by the President Masoud Barzani he was awarded the Barzani the Immortal Medal..
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.