Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi

Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi
Birth nameAdnan Ismail Najm Abdullah al-Dulaimi
Born1971
Al-Khalidiya, Iraq
Died4 June 2014(2014-06-04) (aged 42–43)
Near Mosul, Iraq
Allegiance Baathist Iraq (1993–2003)

Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (2003–2004)[1]
Al-Qaeda (2004–2006)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2013–2014)
Service / branchIraqi Army (1993–2003)
Military of ISIL (8 April 2013 – 4 June 2014)
RankCaptain (1993–2003)
ISIL Military Chief
(January 2014 – 4 June 2014)[2]
Battles / wars2003 Iraq War
Iraqi insurgency

Adnan Ismail Najm al-Bilawi Al-Dulaimi (Arabic: عدنان إسماعيل نجم البيلاوي الدليمي 1971 – 4 June 2014), better known by the nom de guerre Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi al-Anbari[1] (Arabic: أبو عبد الرحمن البيلاوي الأنباري), was a top commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the head of its Military Council, prior to his killing by Iraqi security forces on 4 June 2014.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "The Man Who Planned the Islamic State's Takeover of Mosul". kyleorton.co.uk. 31 January 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytimes28August was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Chulov, Martin (15 June 2014). "How an arrest in Iraq revealed Isis's $2bn jihadist network". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Revealed: the Islamic State 'cabinet', from finance minister to suicide bomb deployer". The Telegraph. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.