Born in Sulaymaniyah Kurdistan Region, he began his musical journey at a young age, performing traditional Kurdish songs.

[4][5] Qadir is the son of Mullah Ahmed Dilan, son of Mullah Qadir Shawkhwen,[a] was born on 24 March 1930 in Goyzha neighborhood of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region.

In the autumn of 1964, he fell in love with a Czech girl named Auna.

[1] In 1998, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and underwent unsuccessful surgery in Prague in the Czech Republic.

On 22 September 2011, his body was returned to Sulaymaniyah on the orders of Hero Ibrahim Ahmed.