Salah Eddin Abdul Rahman Beg Jaff

Salah Eddin is the son of Abdul Rahman Beg ben Fattah Beg ben Mohammed Pasha Jaff, was born in Kani Sard village of Iraq Kurdistan in 1934. He completed his elementary and secondary schooling in Khanaqeen city, and then traveled to West Germany in 1964 to continue his studies. After returning from Germany, he joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party to start his patriotic struggle for the liberation of Kurdistan.  

Salah Eddin Jaff was one of the most active and disciplined cadres of the Party; and continued until 1971 when he gave his life for the destined cause from the day that he obtained the full membership of the Party and joined the revolutionary struggle and the sacrifice for the this homeland and to die for his noble principles.  

In one of December 1971 days Salah Eddin was captured and taken to Qasr Elnehaya (The Palace of End) where he was subjected to savage torture which he resisted and refused to confess to any information about himself and others whom he had contacts with.

His fate was sealed; on 12-5-1974 when he was killed together with the patriots Leila Qassim and Mullah Haider the person responsible for local committee of Kifry and Abdullah Abbas the person in- charge of Jalola Party Unit; Hameed Abdulla the party member, and Haseeb Ali a citizen if Jebara village, and Saber Hamza Aga.

As Mr. Masood Barzani states in his book (The Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation movement, part 3, September Revolution 1961-1975, documentary app. –Erbil –2002) “The leadership of the revolution tried to save their lives from the hands of the torturers and failed.

Then in an act of desperation and concern, we arrested a number of security agents and members of the Ba’ath Party and threatened the authority with their killing unless the authority released our men in exchange; but the authority knew very well that we will not degrade ourselves to their level, and we do not believe in revenge killing or this method in dealing hostages with such savage means.”