Shafaq News/ Kurdistan's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Sunday extended condolences to the family of the Kurdish leader Qazi Muhammad on the death of his son, Ali.

"We condole the death of the son of the leader Qadi Mohammad, Ali Qadi Mohammad," said Prime Minister Barzani, "We ask God Almighty to bless him with his mercy and grace his family with patience and solace."

On Sunday, Ali Qazi, son of Qazi Muhammad, passed away at 89 in Germany.

Ali was the only son of Qazi, a Kurdish leader who declared autonomy for the short-lived Kurdish state of the Republic of Mahabad in present-day Iran on January 22, 1946.