Abdul Nasser Qardash عبد الناصر قرداش | |
|---|---|
| Deputy to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's Caliph | |
| In office 2016 – c. 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Abu Ali al-Anbari |
| Succeeded by | unknown |
| Emir of the Delegated Committee | |
| In office 2016–? | |
| Deputy emir of the Delegated Committee | |
| In office 2014–2016 | |
| Governor of al-Barakah | |
| In office 2014 – c. 2014/15 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tahah Abdel Rahim Abdallah Bakr al-Ghassani 1967 (age 56–57) Tal Afar, Iraq |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ba'athist Iraq (prior to 2003) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Branch/service | Military of ISIL |
| Years of service | 2003–2020 |
| Commands | Wilayat al-Sham[1] |
| Battles/wars | |
Abdul Nasser Qardash (Arabic: عبد الناصر قرداش;[2] born 1967; sometimes identified as Abdel Nasser Qirdash or Kardesh, also known as Hajji Abdullah al-Afari) 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".[3] 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.
- ^ Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate, by Abdel Bari Atwan, p. 137
- ^ "صحيفة: ضابط استخبارات صدام حسين يتولى قيادة "داعش" بأمر من البغدادي "المريض"". NBN TV (in Arabic). 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Ensor, Josie (27 October 2019). "Isis faces the future without Baghdadi – one it has long planned for". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 October 2019.