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COMMANDER // b. 1967

Abdul Nasser Qardash

IraqIslamic State1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1967 – c. 2019

19701980199020002010Syrian Civil War · 2011Siege of Kobanî — September 15, 2014 · Islamic State · Syrian Civil War

Active service 2014 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 47.

Profile

Abdul Nasser Qardash is an Iraqi militant who in 2019 was wrongly reported as the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He was also nicknamed "The Professor" and "Destroyer". Qardash was a high-ranking and very influential member of ISIL with close connections to its first caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and tipped as a potential candidate for ISIL leadership succession. However days after the death of al-Baghdadi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi was ultimately chosen as the new declared leader of ISIL. Qardash was captured by Iraqi security forces in 2020.

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Battles (1)

Last verified June 2026
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