Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al-Qurayshi (Arabic: أبا إبراهيم الهاشمي القرشي‎;[1] alternative transliteration, al-Quraishi) is the second caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He was appointed after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on 27 October 2019. His coming to power was announced by ISIL media on 31 October 2019.[2] Little is known about him, but his nisbah, al-Qurayshi, suggests that he, like Baghdadi, claims a lineage to Muhammad's tribe of the Quraysh, a position that offers legitimacy in some quarters.[2] According to the group, he is a veteran in fighting against Western nations,[3] being a religiously educated and experienced commander.[4] His name is not known to global security forces, and is believed to be a nom de guerre.[3] (E.g., Swansea University's Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi posits al-Qurayshi's true identity as that of Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla and notedly of Turkman, not Arab ethnicity.[5].)