Biography

Sharif Lashkri Hussein was born in 1915 in the village of Bestre, affiliated with the Goreto sub-district in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. On June 21, 1932, he and his family became refugees in the Republic of Turkey. After the defeat of the Second Barzan Revolution and their departure to Eastern Kurdistan and the protection of the Republic of Kurdistan, both of his wives and his children passed away. Sharif Lashkri studied in the Soviet Union and received an institute diploma in the agriculture department. After returning from the Soviet Union, in the Year 1959, he was appointed as an employee in the Erbil Agriculture Department. He knew both the Kurdish and Russian languages. In 1967, while on duty, he passed away from a heart attack in Sari Bardi and was buried in the village of Musaka.

Struggle Record

Before the outbreak of the Second Barzan Revolution, Sharif Lashkri was an outlaw in 1942. In 1943, he joined the ranks of the Second Barzan Revolution, participated in the Battle of Nare Valley, and on October 2, 1943, participated in the capture of the Shanadar police station, on October 12, he participated in the capture of the Kherazok police station, and on October 20, he participated in the capture of the Sherwani police station. He also participated in the capture of the Mergasor police station on August 8, 1945, and on September 12, he participated in the Battle of Sari Akre, where he was severely wounded. On August 19 of the same year, 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 and his two brothers, named Ahmed Lashkri and Badro Lashkri, became Peshmerga in the Barzani force affiliated with the army of the Republic of Kurdistan. He participated in the battles of Qalatan, Kalashi, and Piranshahr in Eastern Kurdistan, and on April 29 of the same year, he participated in the Battle of Qarawa in the Saqqez region.

 After the defeat of the Republic of Kurdistan, on March 3, 1947, he participated in the Battle of Nelos, on March 13-14, he participated in the Battle of Gujar, and on March 19, he participated in the Battle of Naghadeh and Oshnavieh. Sharif Lashkri also participated in the Battle of Qarne in the Khaneh region on March 24, 1947, and on March 25, he participated in the Battle of Havers and Haleji.

He was among the Peshmerga who returned to the Sherwan and Mizuri region through the Khwakurk and Barazgar plain route through the territory of Northern Kurdistan on April 19, 1947.

After their return, General Mustafa Barzani held a meeting with his companions on May 15, 1947, in the village of Argosh and gave them the choice to stay or head towards the Soviet Union. There, all his companions decided to continue and head towards the Soviet Union. On May 23, 1947, he accompanied General Mustafa Barzani towards the Soviet Union and participated in the Battle of Qotur Valley and the Battle of Maku Bridge. After much hardship and fatigue, on June 18, 1947, he crossed the Aras River, which is located on the border between Iran and the Soviet Union, into the Soviet Union.

After arriving in the Soviet Union, on June 19, 1947, he and all his companions were placed in the city of Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan for forty days in an open-air compound surrounded by barbed wire, guarded by a group of soldiers, and were treated like prisoners of war in terms of food, clothing, and movement. Later, by 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 transferred 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, they were taught Kurdish language lessons daily for four hours by some of their companions who were literate.

After the bad treatment of Jafar Baghirov towards Barzani's companions, it was decided to move the military camp on August 29, 1948, from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Charchuk compound near Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where they continued their military training. 

In March 1949, he and his companions were distributed in groups and squads by train among the collective villages of the Soviet Union and worked in the Kolkhoz fields (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 Vrevitsky, so he went to the city of Vrevitsky in the Soviet Union in November 1951.

After the July 14, 1958 revolution in Iraq and the return of General Mustafa Barzani, on February 25, 1959, and according to both the third and seventh articles and paragraph (A) of the tenth article and the implementation of article (11) based on the amended Law No. 19 of the Year 1959, he and his companions were covered by the general amnesty. 

In 1958, the Republic of Iraq was established under the presidency of Abdul Karim Qasim. On April 16, 1959, he and his companions returned to Kurdistan by the ship Grozia via the port of Basra in the south of the Republic of Iraq.  

 In the Year 1961, he participated in the Aylul Revolution. He participated in the battles of Lolan, Meydanok, Zelkoka, Mreba, Mount Matin, Atrosh, Grkal, Balakian, Badlia, Balakian, and Omar Agha Pass. In the Year 1962, he was a Head of Branch. 

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