Martyr Suleiman Nabi Ahmad Awla was born in 1939 in Ruste village in the Balakayati area of Erbil Governorate. He graduated from vocational preparatory school, then, owing to his intelligence and ability, continued his studies and became an officer in the Iraqi Air Force.
In 1962, he left the Iraqi Air Force and joined the September Revolution. He became a Peshmerga in the Mahmud Kawani Force, then became a battalion commander and took part in the mountain battles of Safin and Kepki Shilane. In 1962, during the attack on Mount Safin, he was seriously wounded by enemy warplane bombing together with Commander Mahmud Kawani, and later was martyred due to the severity of his wounds.
1. Archive of the Encyclopedia of the Kurdistan Democratic Party