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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Arabic: أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيْم ٱلْهَاشِمِيّ ٱلْقُرَشِيّ, romanizedAbū Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī; born Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi; Arabic: أَمِير مُحَمَّد عَبْد اَلرَّحْمٰن اَلمَوْلَى اَلصَّلِبؚي, romanizedAmīr Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mawlā aṣ-Ṣalibī;‎ 1 or 5 October 1976 – 3 February 2022) was an Iraqimilitant and the second caliph of the Islamic State from 2019 until his death in 2022. His appointment by a shura council was announced by the Islamic State media on 31 October 2019, less than a week after the suicide of the previous caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Al-Qurashi's tenure as caliph saw the Islamic State being mostly limited to insurgent activity in the Middle East, but also make substantial advances in Africa, where IS increased its territories and influence. The U.S. Rewards for Justice Program was offering up to $10 million in exchange for information leading to al-Qurashi's apprehension. On 3 February 2022, al-Qurashi killed himself, and members of his family, by triggering a large bomb during a raid by the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command.