Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
1971 to 2019
7 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi across 7 places, from 1971 to 2015. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and first leader of the Islamic State (IS), who proclaimed himself caliph in 2014 and stayed in power untWikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was documented, and when
28 July 1971exact date
Samarraattested
“Al-Baghdadi was born on 28 July 1971 in Samarra, hence his (onomastic) .”
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4 February 2004exact date
Iraqi Universityattested
“Al-Baghdadi was arrested by US Forces-Iraq on 2 or 4 February 2004 near Fallujah while visiting the home of his old student friend, Nessayif Numan Nessayif, who was also on the American wanted list at the time and studied together with a…”
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4 February 2004exact date
Fallujahattested
“Al-Baghdadi was arrested by US Forces-Iraq on 2 or 4 February 2004 near Fallujah while visiting the home of his old student friend, Nessayif Numan Nessayif, who was also on the American wanted list at the time and studied together with a…”
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2008year
Lebanonattested
“A girl named Hagar born in 2008, who was detained in Lebanon in 2014 with her mother Saja al-Dulaimi, is allegedly al-Baghdadi's daughter.”
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2 May 2011exact date
Abbottabadattested
“Following the death of the founder and head of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, on 2 May 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, al-Baghdadi released a statement praising bin Laden and threatening violent retaliation for his death.”
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7 November 2014exact date
Mosulattested
“On 7 November 2014, there were unconfirmed reports of al-Baghdadi's death after an airstrike in Mosul, while other reports said that he was only wounded.”
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11 October 2015exact date
Al-Karābilahattested
“* 11 October 2015: the Iraqi air force claimed to have bombed al-Baghdadi's convoy in the western Anbar province close to the Syrian border while he was heading to Al-Karābilah to attend an IS meeting, the location of which was also said…”
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Places Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is documented in
Lebanon1 presence · 2008
Abbottabad1 presence · 2011
Al-Karābilah1 presence · 2015
Fallujah1 presence · 2004
Iraqi University1 presence · 2004
Mosul1 presence · 2014
Samarra1 presence · 1971
Other places tied to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the record
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1991year
Samarramentioned
“Official education records from Samarra High School revealed that al-Baghdadi had to retake his high school certificate in 1991 and scored 481 out of 600 possible points.”
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2000year
Iraqmentioned
“According to a reporter for The Guardian, al-Baghdadi married in Iraq around the year 2000 after finishing his doctorate.”
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2007year
Baghdadmentioned
“thesis in 2007, "despite the weight of his new responsibilities" as a militant, his work consisting in editing a medieval manuscript, Ruḥ al-murid fi sharḥ al-'iqd al-farid fi nuzum at-tajrid by Muhammad al-Samarqandi (who died in 1378 i…”
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2011 to 2016period
Erbilmentioned
“Duaa Amid Ibrahim: :After Saja al-Dulaimi's arrest in 2014, a connection was made to her sister, Duaa Amid Ibrahim (aged 24 in 2016), who was arrested with a suicide vest entering Erbil in about 2011.”
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5 May 2011exact date
Hillamentioned
“On 5 May 2011, al-Baghdadi claimed responsibility for an attack in Hilla, south of Baghdad, that killed 24 policemen and wounded 72 others.”
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15 August 2011exact date
Mosulmentioned
“On 15 August 2011, a wave of ISI suicide attacks beginning in Mosul resulted in 70 deaths.”
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22 December 2011exact date
Baghdadmentioned
“On 22 December 2011, a series of coordinated car bombings and IED (improvised explosive device) attacks struck over a dozen neighborhoods across Baghdad, killing at least 63 people and wounding 180.”
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2 December 2012exact date
Baghdadmentioned
“On 2 December 2012, Iraqi officials claimed that they had captured al-Baghdadi in Baghdad, following a two-month tracking operation.”
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7 December 2012exact date
Tajimentioned
“In an interview with Al Jazeera on 7 December 2012, Iraq's Acting Interior Minister said that the arrested man was not al-Baghdadi, but rather a sectional commander in charge of an area stretching from the northern outskirts of Baghdad t…”
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8 April 2013exact date
Iraqmentioned
“Al-Baghdadi remained leader of the ISI until its formal expansion into Syria in 2013 when, in a statement on 8 April 2013, he announced the formation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); alternatively translated from Arabi…”
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8 April 2013exact date
Syriamentioned
“Al-Baghdadi remained leader of the ISI until its formal expansion into Syria in 2013 when, in a statement on 8 April 2013, he announced the formation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); alternatively translated from Arabi…”
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July 2013month
Iraqi Universitymentioned
“According to a biography that circulated on extremist Internet forums in July 2013, he obtained a BA, MA, and PhD in Islamic studies from the Islamic University of Baghdad.”
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January 2014month
Syriamentioned
“In January 2014, ISIL expelled Jabhat al-Nusra from the Syrian city of Raqqa, and in the same month clashes between the two in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Governorate killed hundreds of fighters and displaced tens of thousands of civilians.”
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2014year
Iraqmentioned
“Now, she is married to a Palestinian and she is pregnant with his child." The Minister added, "We conducted DNA tests on her and the daughter, which showed she was the mother of the girl, and that the girl is [Baghdadi's] daughter, based…”
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20 January 2015exact date
20 January 2015exact date
8 February 2015exact date
8 February 2015exact date
18 March 2015exact date
February 2016month
February 2016month
14 June 2016exact date
2017year
2017year
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