Şiwan Mîrxan Badîn joined the September Revolution in 1962 and became a Peshmerga under Heso Mîrxan Dolemerî, participating in the battles of Shush and Shermin in 1962 and the battle of Sere Akre. In 1962, he crossed into the Soran district with the Immortal Barzani, and in that same year, he participated in the battles of Sere Sefîn, Sisawe, Spîlk, Xelîfan, Doli Hîran, and Nazenîn. In 1964, he became a Peshmerga with Tahîr Ozêr Axayê Zirarî. In 1968, he was transferred to the Headquarters of the Immortal Barzani in Qesre and Dîlman. He participated in the battles of the Barzan region in 1969. Also in 1969, after the Iraqi army occupied the Pishder district, Şiwan Mîrxan was one of the 70 Peshmerga who, by the order of the Immortal Barzani, went to liberate the (Maxubizin) position in the Sengeser district. After the March 11, 1970 agreement, he became a battalion commander and took responsibility for the warehouses and depots of weapons and ammunition of the revolution in Hacî Omeran. After the defeat of 1975, he went to the Zêwe camp, and from there he was transferred to Karaj. In 1979, he joined the Gulan Revolution and returned to Zêwe. In 1980, with 100 Peshmerga under the supervision of Kek Idris Barzani and Sheikh Mihemed Xalîd, he went to Ketîne and stayed there for six months.
In 1981, he participated in the detachments that operated in the Barzan, Mergesor, and Goretû districts, carrying out several operations and inflicting various losses on the enemies. He was wounded in 1982. In 1988, he participated in the epic of Xwakurk. After the extensive Anfal operation and the chemical bombardment of the Behdînan district, he went to East Kurdistan with other Peshmerga. After the uprising and the great revolt of 1991, he returned to the Barzan district.
Two of his nephews, named Kerîm Mistefa Hedo and Mistefa Şekir Mistefa, were martyred. At the 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, by President Masoud Barzani he received the Immortal Barzani medal. He currently continues his work with the rank of Colonel in the Barzan Command.
Source:1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.