Name: Bashir Mushir
Nickname: Ustad
Year of birth: Around 1885 to 1890
Place of birth: Sulaymaniyah
Date of death: 30-07-1963
Place of death: Baghdad
$Biography$
Bashir Moshir (Ustad) was born around between the years 1885 to 1890 in the city of Sulaymaniyah, South Kurdistan, and died on 30-07-1963 in Baghdad. In the year 1963, after the Ba'athist coup, Iraq in general and Baghdad in particular became a haven for freedom fighters and democrats. During those difficult times, the Ba'athists arrested Bashir Mushir. Of course, an influential and well-known figure like him would soon become persecuted by a fascist force such as Ba'ath.
After being tortured and suffering in Ba'athist prison. On July 30, 1963, Bashir Mushir known as Ustad passed away.
Bashir Moshir was estimated to be around 75 years old at the time of his death. Accordingly, his year of birth is estimated to be between (1885 - 1888).
His tailor's shop on Rashid Street in Baghdad served as a meeting hub for Kurdish writers, intellectuals and politicians at the time, where they regularly met.
The first political association he joined was the Kurdish Support Association, founded in 1927 in Baghdad.
The poet's grandfather gave Bashir the title of Ustad (meaning teacher) and was given the titles of philosopher, poet, leader and advisor by his fans and those around him.
In 1931, he published a book entitled Sparay Haq Parsti in Baghdad.
- In 1939 he translated the book Bakhtnama into Kurdish, written by Napoleon Bonaparte.
He died on July 30, 1963 in Baghdad and was buried in the Sheikh Ma'roof cemetery in Karkh, Baghdad.[1]