He was born in 1934 in the village of Ashkhana in North Khorasan. He became interested in the instrument as a child alongside his father, who made and played the violin with animal skulls.
He then continued to learn the violin with his uncle. After his father's death, he played the violin under the teachings of Suleiman Nami and learned most of his love songs from him.
The Kirmanj Kurds, who saw his skills on the violin, gave him the title of Wali Ashiq. Like all professional musicians and music lovers, Wali Ashiq never left his instrument away from him.
Until the Iranian People's Revolution in 1979, he played both the violin and sang for himself. Until people in the village of Ashkhana broke the musical instruments, Wali Rahimi hid one of his inherited violins in the caden of his house and the other among the household items until it was time to play them again.
The famous Kurdish personality of North Khorasan, Kalimullah Tavahodi, took Wali Ashiq by the hand for the first time and took him to the religious and music festival of Tehran Arts Center. After performing in this festival, Wali Ashiq was invited to all international and regional festivals in Iran to perform the original music and songs of the Kurdish Kurds of North Khorasan. These include the Fajr International Music Festival in Tehran, the Iranian Regional Music Festival in Kerman, the Religious and Traditional Music Festival in Tehran, the Zikr and Zakrin Music Festival in various Iranian cities, and many other music festivals throughout Iran.
Wali Ashiq had about 100 original songs and melodies of the Kurdish Kurds of North Khorasan, as well as jokes and laughter of this region in Kurdish and Persian, but surprisingly his voice was never used to its full potential. Some of these pieces have been released on the CD The Joys of Iran.
Wali Ashiq's skills were so great that the famous Kurdish musician and violinist Kayhan Kalhor visited Ashkhana village from Canada to see him and stayed at his house for a long time in order to learn his techniques.[1]