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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)

  • Fame67.2
  • Momentum2.2
  • Historical Figures rank#126
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  • Fame67.2
  • Momentum2.2
  • Historical Figures rank#126
  • Wikipedia113.9K
Lived 1971–2019, aged 48
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  • Era
    1971–2019
    Aged 48
  • Known for
    City of Ghosts
    2017
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

He declared himself caliph of the Islamic State in 2014 and oversaw campaigns of genocide, mass executions, systematic rape, and the brief seizure of territory across Iraq and Syria before dying by suicide vest during an American raid in 2019.

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Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri was born in Samarra in 1971 and earned graduate degrees in Islamic theology in the late 1990s and 2000s. After the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, he led an insurgent group and was detained at Camp Bucca in 2004 alongside al-Qaeda commanders. He rose through the ranks of the Islamic State of Iraq and became its emir in 2010. In 2013 the group expanded into Syria as ISIL, breaking with al-Qaeda's command, then rebranded as the Islamic State and proclaimed a caliphate the following June. The organization briefly held substantial territory but lost nearly all of…

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
said
Allah loves those who worship Him to become shaheeds, whose blood is spilled out of love for Him.
— The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 22 August 2018 (date of quote)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
said
America, which presents itself as the only superpower, is losing its status as the world’s top leader and is becoming an exhausted country with huge debts.
— The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 28 September 2017 (date of quote)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
said
Fight them and ambush them everywhere, increase the attacks against them. Target the infidels’ information and media centers and their psychological warfare centers ...
— The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 28 September 2017 (date of quote)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
said
...Crusaders and Jews don’t dare come on the ground because they were defeated in Iraq and Afghanistan...
— As quoted in The Washington Times, and The Telegraph newspaper published December 26, 2015
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
said
...Jews, soon you shall hear from us in Palestine, which will become your grave...
— As quoted in The Washington Times, and The Telegraph newspaper published December 26, 2015
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Fame
Stable
67.2
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum2.2
Historical28.1
Now attention2.5
Source confidence65.0
Completeness65.0
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