This website is a collaboration between Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi and Aaron Y. Zelin from Jihadology. It provides an extensive archive of internal Islamic State documents, which are different from its propaganda materials. This front page will highlight recently added documents to the archive, while also featuring interesting pieces of note.
Analysis of Documents:
- Forgeries: The Fake Internal Islamic State Letters of Asaad Almohammad
- Supplement of 2013-2014 Exam Results for Information (Wilayat Dijlah)
- Contact between the Ansar Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Squadron and the Islamic State (2021)
- ID Card for a fighter in the Tariq bin Ziyad Battalion
- Forgery: Purported Hisba document from Deir az-Zor region
- Forgery: Alleged Circulars from the General Supervisory Committee
- Forgery: List of individuals purportedly wanted by Islamic State
- Diwan Bayt al-Mal: Banks Administration Contract for Disbursement of Salaries
- Forgery: Alleged Islamic State Documents Exposing Relations with Turkey
- Forgery: Alleged Islamic State Demand for Individual to Pay Zakat
- Forgery: Alleged Islamic State List Threatening Individuals in Deir az-Zor
- The Confession of Abu Tahrir al-Urduni: Context and Analysis
- The Confessions of Nidhal al-Baridi: Context and Analysis
- The Internal Structure of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed: Analysis
- An Analysis of the Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed Military Database
Primary Sources:
- Letter to the Wali of Aleppo on Military Personnel in Various Administrative Roles (August 2016)
- List of personnel in area of Kashish airport [al-Jarah military airbase]
- Travel Card from Wilayat al-Khayr
- Weapon card for a member
- Response from the Wali of Aleppo to Diwan al-Amn al-Aam for Transfer of Member
- Letter Requesting Transfer of a Member to the Diwan al-Amn al-Aam
- Report about Corruption and Nepotism in the Military Vehicles Department in Aleppo
- Inventory of Household Items in Real Estate as Part of Investigation
- Contract for Loaning of Real Estate to Islamic State Members
- General Rules and Regulations for Foreigners Seeking to Join Islamic State (Iraq and Syria/2014)
- Expulsion of fighters who disobey mobilisation disorders without legitimate excuse
- Regulations on validity of official letters
- Report on Ruqya Shari’iya for wife of an Islamic State member
- Opening of a temporary market to sell cars
- Regulations on movement of personnel within a Brigade’s Battalions
- Summons to attend Zakat office
- Regulations on Work in the Services Department, Aleppo Province
- Warning military personnel not to mock those assigned to non-military roles
- Referral of a woman for Ruqya Shari’iya
- Reply of Ruqya Office on Status of Soldier
- Letter to Ruqya Shari’iya Centre on Soldier’s Status
- Reminder on need for personnel to contract marriages in Islamic courts
- Prohibition on dealing in new Syrian banknotes (2015 CE)
- Rental contract- Wilayat Halab
- Patrol schedules for office personnel- Wilayat Halab
- Opening of complaints office for Zakat centre
- Confiscation of property of someone executed for apostasy: al-Ra’i area
- Receipt for cleaning fees (3)
- Receipt for cleaning fees (2)
- Receipt for cleaning fees (1)
- Warning not to approach electrical transformers- al-Ra’i
- Order for no acceptance of internal transfer without official document
- Administrative Order: Liwa al-Furqan
- Assignment Order: Manufacture and Development Committee
- Information on a student’s exam performance: Wilayat Dijlah
- Partial Personnel List (Battalion 21)
- Written Commitment: Islamic Court in Manbij
- Fragmentary Record of Judicial Cases
- Licensing Office for Possession of Personal Fire Arms
- Fragmentary Security Report, al-Ra’i, Aleppo
- Call for Muslim women to perform the five prayers
- Request to hand over mail
- Tazkiya for a Member to Get Married
- Warning to pay taxes to electricity office- al-Ra’i, Aleppo
- Working Hours at the Services Office in al-Bab, Aleppo
- Pledge to undertake Shari’i course for educational work: Raqqa
- Appointment for voluntary educational work: Raqqa
- Note that member is entitled to ‘settlement sponsorship’ [2]
- Note that member is entitled to ‘settlement sponsorship’ [1]
- Harvester/Threshing Machine Permit: Zakat Office
- Islamic State Marriage Request Form for a Member
- Disbursement of Money for Someone Killed by Mistake
- Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed: Administrative Appointments (November 2017)
- List of Personnel for Mobilisation for Auxiliary Support
- Leave Permit: Hudhaifa bin al-Yaman Brigade
- List of Personnel for Auxiliary Duty (July 2016)
- Codes for Weapons and Operations
- Appointment of Deputy Commander of Hudhaifa bin al-Yaman Brigade
- Shari’i Institute Report Letter
- Medical Report: Dijlah Province
- Temporary Agricultural Rent Contract (2)
- Temporary Agricultural Rent Contract
- Request for disbursement of medical expenses: Ninawa
- ID Card for Amir of Zakat Office
- Albu Shajal Media Office (Fallujah)
- Report on Da’wa Activities in Shirqat Area
- Kirkuk General Medical Letter
- Letter from al-Anbar Medical Centre to Diwan al-Siha in Syria
- Request for fuel-oil: Shirqat Area
- Services Tax Receipt: Euphrates Province
- Disbursements of Zakat for Debts: Ninawa
- Disbursement of Zakat for Debts of Fighters: Ninawa
- The Administrative System of Zakat
- Islamic State Travel Restrictions: Aleppo Province
- Hisba Personnel and Jobs in Southern Ninawa Province (2014)
- The Personnel of the Omar bin al-Khattab Battalion: West Mosul
- Circular from Palmyra Area (14)
- Circular from Palmyra Area (6)
- Circular on Antiquities Excavation
- Circular from Palmyra Area (4)
- Instructions on collection of Zakat: Wilayat Halab
- Form to collect Zakat: Wilayat Halab
- Fuel Receipt from al-Raqqa
- Transfer Request: Wilayat al-Baraka
- Circular from the Delegated Committee on Rewards for Deeds in War
- Islamic State Study and Position Paper on Internal Structure and Functioning of the Judiciary
- Circular no. 39 from the Islamic State’s Diwan al-Qada wa al-Madhalim
- Early Regulations on Electricity Generation: Ninawa Province
- Islamic State Real Estate: Wilayat al-Raqqa
- The Structure of the Islamic State’s Real Estate Offices
- The Video Confession of Abu Tahrir al-Urduni of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed
- Video Confessions of Nidhal al-Baridi of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed
- Sample Islamic State Weekly Hisba Report
- Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed: Partial List of Personnel Receiving Administrative Necessities
- The Internal Structure of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed
- Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed Military Database (July-August 2017)
The Islamic State Archives 