Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir
أبو الحسن المهاجر
Born	Thaher Salim Mohammad al-Shahiri 1977 (1977) Riyadh
Died	27 October 2019(2019-10-27) (aged 41–42) Ayn al-Bayda, Jarabulus
Cause of death	Air strike
Occupation	Officialspokesman of theIslamic State
Predecessor	Abu Mohammad al-Adnani
Successor	Abu Hamza al-Qurashi
Movement	Islamic State
Criminal charge(s)	Designated a terrorist by theUnited Nations Security Council and theUS State Department

Thaher Salim Mohammad al-Shahiri (Arabic: ظاهر سليم محمد الشاهري)^[1] known by his nom de guerreAbul-Hasan al-Muhajir (Arabic:أبو الحسن المهاجر; died 27 October 2019)^[2] was thekunya used by the second official spokesman of theIslamic State from 5 December 2016 until 27 October 2019, when he was killed in a U.S. airstrike in northwest Syria. He was aSaudi national.^[3] He was replaced byAbu Hamza Al-Qurashi.

Abul-Hasan was the successor ofAbu Mohammad al-Adnani, who was killed while visiting the Aleppo frontlines in Syria in August 2016.^[4] He was believed to have been a foreigner due to his kunya identifying him as "al-Muhajir" meaning "the emigrant". After his death, he was confirmed to be a Saudi national on 31 October.^[5]

• "And You Will Remember What I [Now] Say To You" – 5 December 2016^[6]
• "So Be Patient. Indeed, The Promise Of God Is Truth" – 4 April 2017^[7]
• "And When The Believers Saw The Companies" – 12 June 2017^[8]
• "So From Their Guidance Take An Example" – 22 April 2018^[9]
• "The Mujāhidīn’s Assault on the Tower of the Polytheists" – 26 September 2018^[10]
• "He Was True To God, So [God] Was True To Him" – 18 March 2019^[11]

In an article published inThe Atlantic, journalistGraeme Wood postulates that Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir is Texas-bornJohn Georgelas, also known asYahya Abu Hassan, though he later cast doubt on his theory, and al-Bahrumi was eventually killed in October 2017.^[12]

Muhajir and four others were killed on 27 October 2019 by aCentral Intelligence Agency airstrike inAyn al-Bayda,^[13] nearJarablus in northwestSyria, close to the border withTurkey.^[2][14] It came less than 24 hours after IS leaderAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi blew himself up during aU.S. raid in Syria'sIdlib Province.^[15] Muhajir was described as a senior IS leader and Baghdadi's "right-hand man."^[2]

On 29 October, U.S. PresidentDonald Trump stated on social media that al-Baghdadi's "number one replacement" had been killed by American forces, adding: "Most likely would have taken the top spot - Now he is also Dead!"^[16] While Trump did not specify a name, a U.S. official later confirmed that Trump was referring to al-Muhajir.^[17] On 31 October, IS confirmed al-Muhajir and al-Baghdadi's deaths.^[18]

• 1977 births
• 2019 deaths
• Assassinated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members
• Deaths by American airstrikes during the Syrian civil war
• Saudi Arabian Islamists
• People from Riyadh

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