Biography

Said Omar Said, known as Said Mala Omar, was born in 1920 in the village of Bie, affiliated with the Shirwan Mazin sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil Governorate. Before going to the Soviet Union, he was married, and his wife, Halima Mala Ibrahim, had two sons named Zubair Said (1945) and Talha Said (1947). He received an institute diploma in the agriculture department in the Soviet Union, was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, and Russian languages, and passed away in the Baharka complex in 1981.

In the Soviet Union, he married Hanif Ismail Rajab, and they had two sons and a daughter named Hakim Said, Faizo Said, and Zahra Said. 

Struggle Record

In 1943, he joined the ranks of the Second Barzan Revolution. He participated in the capture of the Bie police station (Erbil) and, on October 20, 1943, participated in the capture of the Shirwan Mazin police station (Erbil). On August 19, 1945, by order of the Iraqi military tribunal, all his movable and immovable property was seized.

After the defeat of the Second Barzan Revolution on October 11, 1945, he headed to Eastern Kurdistan. On March 31, 1946, he served as a Peshmerga in the Barzan force affiliated with the army of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad. On April 29, 1946, he participated in the Battle of Qarawa in the Saqqez region (Eastern Kurdistan). After the defeat of the Republic of Kurdistan, he participated in the battles of Nalos on March 3, 1947, Gujar on March 13-14, 1947, Naqadeh and Oshnavieh on March 19, 1947, and the Battle of Havras and Halej on March 25, 1947, in Eastern Kurdistan.

On April 15, 1947, along with Sheikh Ahmed Barzani, he crossed the Gadar River, which is located on the international border between the Kingdom of Iran and the Kingdom of Iraq, and was detained for several months in Diana (Erbil). On April 19, 1947, he decided to continue the resistance under the command of General Mustafa Barzani. On May 23, 1947, after the large meeting in the village of Dre and the decision to go to the Soviet Union, he left with the force. On June 18, 1947, he crossed the Aras River, which is located on the international border of Iran with the Soviet Union.

After arriving in the Soviet Union, on June 19, 1947, along with all his companions, they were placed in the city of Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan for forty days in an open-air complex surrounded by barbed wire. They were guarded by a group of soldiers and were treated like prisoners of war in terms of food, clothing, and movement. Later, by the decision of the Soviet government, they were distributed among the regions of Aghdam, Lachin, Ayulakh, and Kalbajar in the Republic of Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1947, they were moved to a military camp on the Caspian Sea in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and on the 23rd of the same month, they were given military uniforms and, under the supervision of officers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, were given eight hours of military training daily. At the same time, for four hours a day, they were taught Kurdish language lessons by some of their companions who were literate.

After the poor treatment by Jafar Baghirov towards his companions, it was decided to move the military camp on August 29, 1948, from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Charchuk complex near Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where they continued their military training. 

In March 1949, along with his companions, they were distributed in groups and squads by train to the collective villages of the Soviet Union and worked on the collective farms (Kolkhozes) (the lands that people rented from the government and later gave the government's share back).

After much effort and sending several letters by General Barzani to Stalin, a letter finally reached Stalin in which Barzani described the hardships of his companions, and he immediately ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the situation of Barzani's companions. Eventually, the committee's decision was that they should all be gathered in the city of Vriviski, so he went to the city of Vriviski in the Soviet Union in November 1951.

In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abdul Karim Qasim. On April 16, 1959, he returned to Kurdistan with his companions via a trip to Georgia, through the port of Basra in the south of the Republic of Iraq.

 In 1959, he was appointed as an employee in the Erbil Agriculture Department. In 1961, he participated in the Aylul Revolution. He participated in the battles of Pires, Barsrin (Duhok), Kani Masi (Duhok), and the Barwari region. In 1975, after the defeat of the Aylul Revolution, he remained in his homeland. He was slightly wounded three times in the battles. On July 31, 1983, during the Anfal process of the Barzanis, his two sons, Zubair Said (1945-1983) and Talha Said (1947-1983), were disappeared by the Iraqi government in Diana (Erbil).

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