Caliph of the Islamic State
Leader of a Salafi jihadist militant organisation
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The Caliph of the Islamic State is the leader of the Islamic State, a transnational Salafi jihadist militant organisation and internationally unrecognized quasi-state, and the head of state and government of the territory of the Islamic State.
- Shura Council of the Islamic State[1]
| Caliph of the Islamic State | |
|---|---|
| خَلِيفَة الدَّولةُ الإِسْلَامِيَّة | |
| |
since 3 August 2023 | |
| Type | Leader |
| Appointer |
|
| Precursor | Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[citation needed] |
| Formation | 29 June 2014 |
| First holder | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi |
| Deputy | Deputy Caliph of the Islamic State[citation needed] |
Background
On 29 June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant proclaimed the "return of the Islamic Caliphate" and renamed itself to the Islamic State, with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as its first Caliph.[2][3] The Caliphate at its territorial peak controlled 12 million people with territories in various countries, notably Iraq, Syria and Nigeria.[4]
Dispute
The Islamic State describes itself as a caliphate and its leader as a caliph, however, this claim is not accepted by the vast majority of Muslims, and is disputed by most Muslim scholars and authors.[5][6][7]
List of caliphs
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Reigned from | Reigned until | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .png) |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) |
29 June 2014 | 27 October 2019 | |||||
| Vacant (27 – 31 October 2019) | |||||||||
| 2 |  |
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976–2022) |
31 October 2019 | 3 February 2022[8] | |||||
| Vacant (3 – 4 February 2022)[9][better source needed] | |||||||||
| 3 | Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (?–2022) |
4 February 2022 | 15 October 2022 | ||||||
| Vacant (15 October – 30 November 2022) | |||||||||
| 4 | Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (?–2023) |
30 November 2022[10] | 29 April 2023 | ||||||
| Vacant (29 April – 3 August 2023) | |||||||||
| 5 | Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (born ?) |
3 August 2023 | Incumbent | ||||||
Timeline
