Islamic State Wilayat Halab Sector: al-Furqan Diwan al-‘Aqarat wa al-Kharaj
No. Date: / / 14…AH
Registry for real estate housing
Military personnel [this is ticked] Administrator [not ticked] Muhajir [not ticked] Ansari [ticked]
The brother: Abu Muhammad al-Shami His number in the Dawla: 16262 Name of brigade/battalion/squadron/Diwan: Liwa al-Furqan
Date he joined the Dawla: 1 Shawwal 1435 AH Societal status: Married [ticked, whereas ‘Supporting dependents’ and ‘single’ not ticked] Number of wives: 1 Number of children: 6 Number of dependents and who they are:
Type of housing:
Personal property [not ticked] House of the Dawla [not ticked] Renting of the Dawla [ticked, which appears to mean Islamic State is renting the property] Personal renting [not ticked]
Residence address in detail: Zamzam square, next to electrical generator
Name of real estate office: al-Amin Its address: Zamzam street, next to Mus’ab bin Umayr [mosque, located in al-Bab]
Brother’s signature: Abu Muhammad al-Shami
Amir’s nickname… Name of brigade/battalion/squadron/diwan:
I bear witness that the brother whose information is here is still performing his duties and that there is no request from him to transfer or an order for him to be transferred.
Amir’s stamp and signature……
Personnel data office
We bear witness that the brother’s information above is established in our personnel records.
Final budget for the month of Safr 1438 AH Wilaya/Diwan: Wilayat Halab
Date: 29 Muharram 1438 AH corresponding to 30 October 2016 CE
No.
Classification
Heading
Number
Sum ($)/Quantity
Total ($)
Notes
1
Operatives [1-13]
Soldiers
1106
40.00
44,240
2
Soldiers in the centres
140
40.00
5,600
3
Soldiers’ wives
1339
40.00
53,560
4
Soldiers’ children
2642
28.00
73,976
5
Support for soldiers’ dependent parents
422
40.00
16,880
6
Support for soldiers’ other dependents
97
24.00
2,328
7
Wives in the land of kufr
0
40.00
0
8
Children in the land of kufr
0
28.00
0
9
Grant for judges
4
160.00
640
10
Supporters
0
32.00
0
11
Wives of supporters
0
32.00
0
12
Children of supporters
0
24.00
0
13
Delayed sponsorships
0
0.00
0
14
Martyrs [14-18]
Martyrs
3834
0.00
0
15
Martyrs’ wives
1833
48.00
87,984
16
Martyrs’ children
3668
28.00
102,704
17
Support for martyrs’ dependent parents
518
40.00
20,720
18
Support for martyrs’ other dependents
86
24.00
2,064
19
Prisoners [19-23]
Prisoners’ wives
50
48.00
2400
20
Prisoners
50
0.00
0
21
Prisoners’ children
126
28.00
3,528
22
Support for prisoners’ dependent parents
0
40.00
0
23
Support for other dependents of prisoners
0
24.00
0
24
Missing members [24-28]
Wives of missing persons
29
40.00
1160
25
Missing members
26
0.00
0
26
Missing members’ children
51
28.00
1428
27
Support for missing members’ dependent parents
0
40.00
0
28
Support for missing members’ other dependents
0
24.00
0
29
Handicapped members [29-33]
Handicapped members
0
160.00
0
30
Handicapped members’ wives
0
40.00
0
31
Handicapped members’ children
0
28.00
0
32
Support for handicapped members’ dependent parents
0
40.00
0
33
Support for handicapped members’ other dependents
0
24.00
0
34
Various [34-43]
Feeding the soldiers
1106
20.00
22,120
35
Funds for condolences of the martyr
258
400.00
103,200
36
Rent fees
1
15,000.00
15,000
37
Feeding the prisoners
1050
20.00
21,000
38
Marrying the virgin
8
640.00
5120
39
Marrying a martyr’s widow
3
800.00
2400
40
Furnishing houses
11
240.00
2640
41
Employees’ salaries
1
79,440.00
79,440
42
Da‘wa and Mosques
1
11,200.00
11,200
43
Feeding the supporters
0
20.00
0
44
Fuel and maintenance [44-53]
Gasoline cars
46
144.00
9373.58
45
Diesel cars
51
360.00
8660.38
46
Diesel for heavy equipment
37
600.00
10,471.70
47
Motorbikes of Dawla
239
24.00
8116.98
48
Motorbikes of employees
0
24.00
0
49
Maintaining and repairing the cars
120
75.00
9000
50
Maintaining heavy equipment
37
200.00
7400
51
Electrical generators
12
408.00
2309.43
Referral of a detailed inventory
52
Gasoline of the Hisba cars
6
720.00
6113.21
53
Diesel of the Hisba cars
17
720.00
5773.58
54
Emergency funds
1
50,000.00
50,000
Designated for the Delegated Committee
Note: 20% has been deducted from the budget items except: food, rental fees, maintenance and repair of cars, employees’ salaries.
Total ($): 798,550.87 Exchange rate [Syrian pounds to dollar]: 530 Price of gasoline [per litre in Syrian pounds]: 750 Price of diesel [per litre in Syrian pounds]: 250
Islamic State Diwan Bayt al-Mal Money commission- The amir
NB: This is an important document that should be compared with the Money Commission’s letter from July 2016 establishing salary schemes and grants. It would appear that by the time of the beginning of Hijra year 1438 AH (October 2016 CE), a decision had been made to cut most expenses by 20%, including fighters’ basic salaries (reduced from $50 to $40), additions to salaries for each wife of a fighter (reduced from $50 to $40), additions to salaries for each child of a fighter (reduced from $35 to $28), and marriage grants (reduced from $800 to $640 for marrying a virgin, and from $1000 to $800 for marrying a martyr’s widow).
The document also establishes that the widely reported claim in early 2016 about a 50% reduction in all salaries, based on a purported financial department document published by the news site Aleppo 24 and archived and translated in my original archive of Islamic State documents (Specimen 12Q), cannot actually have been implemented at that time. Either that purported document is not authentic (viewed in this light, there do appear to be some oddities about the formatting and stamping of the document, though another document sourced to Aleppo 24 is authentic), or the document is real but the supposed decision just was not implemented, in contrast with this 20% reduction by late 2016/early 2017 in most expenses that is now well documented from authentic documents and records I have seen.
Islamic State Diwan al-Zira’a Wilayat Halab Centre
Date: 27 Dhu al-Q’ida 1437 AH
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Statement
To the farmer brothers, please beware of buying and using NP fertilisers and be sure it is still effective before purchase, because the fertilisers of this type present in the market are mostly from the leftovers of the factories. Note that we in the Diwan will offer NP fertilisers that are actually effective.
May God reward you best.
Islamic State Diwan al-Zira’a Wilayat Halab Centre The amir
Amir of the centre [In writing]: Abu al-Bara’ al-Anbari, 27 Dhu al-Q’ida 1437 AH
cc.
The production [foundation]: to follow up Archive (for preservation)
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Caliphate on the Prophetic Methodology
Islamic State Wilayat Halab Diwan al-Zakat wa al-Sadaqat Office: al-Ra’i
558
Review+disclosure [in handwriting]
Admission of ownership
I am the signatory below: Abd al-Manaf, the son of Ramzi. My mother is Adawiya Muhammad Ali.
I am known as Abu Muhammad Ma’nan [?] and I was born in Madinat al-Thawra on 9 December 1976 CE. My house address is: al-Ra’i, the dwelling of al-Shaykh Nur. My phone number is [blank]. My type of work is: Grinding. I work at: the market. The phone number is: [blank].
I came to the Zakat office and paid a sum of: [blank] Which is the zakat on my wealth estimated at: Estimated at around 265,000 Syrian pounds, with debts.
I also own: pistachio crops…olive crops…grapes…vehicles…gold…silver…sheep…number of hectares [NB: all these fields are marked with a cross, implying no ownership of these assets].
Should the contrary of what I have said be established, I placed myself under Shari’i penalty about which the Messenger of God (SAWS): “Whoso withholds the zakat, we will take it as one of the rights of God, while the person’s wealth will be cut in half.”
And God is witness to what I say.
Quoted in Hashiyat Qalyubi by Imam al-Nawawi (4/273): “Whoso says: God knows or God bears witness, and does so falsely in a deliberate sense, that person has committed kufr [disbelief].”
[In handwriting]: the year has not yet passed. He should see us on date 1 Sha’aban 1436 AH.
As the brothers in the Diwan al-Ta’alim strive to spread education and facilitate the means to that and as the Muslims are keen to teach their children, we would like to inform all the Muslims of the licensing for self-education for those who cannot join the classes of public education. This is whereby the student is to register for the conducting of semester tests on the basis of the equivalent of the student’s educational level in the stages of study, without the student having to attend or register in class.
For more details [part of document missing] In the various areas of Wilayat Halab [part of document missing]
No. 9/253 Attachments: 2 Date: 22 Ramadan 1437 AH Corresponding to 27 June 2016 CE
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Praise be to God the Lord of the Worlds, and prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions:
To the ennobled shaykh/the wali of al-Raqqa (may God protect him)
As-salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu. As for what follows:
To begin with, we ask God (Almighty and Exalted is He) that you should be well and in good health.
I attach for you, dear sir, the appeal presented by the brother Abu Hafs al-Qurashi regarding his desire to return to the ranks of the Islamic State, after he was expelled by the brothers in the Military Administration in Wilayat Halab in view of the lack of his ability to undertake military tasks because of his illness- as claimed in his case.
I hope you will kindly review the possibility of having him join the ranks of the Islamic State in Wilayat al-Raqqa, if there is nothing for you to prevent that.
I also hope you will kindly inform us.
We ask God to grant success and the right path to us and you.
Wa as-salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu.
No. 9/320 Attachments: 2 Date: 29 Ramadan 1437 AH corresponding to 4 July 2016 CE
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Praise be to God the Lord of the Worlds, and prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions.
To the ennobled shaykh, the wali of Wilayat Halab, may God protect him.
As-salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu
To begin with, we ask God (Almighty and Exalted is He) that you should be well and in good health.
Dear brother, we refer to you the brother Abu Hafs al-Qurashi’s complaint, through which he wishes to return to the Islamic State, so we hope your eminence will review his complaint and decide on it as you deem appropriate.
Wa as-salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu
Abu Ishaq al-Iraqi 29 Ramadan 1437 AH
[In writing]: On his behalf, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Zarqawi
Islamic State Central Office to Track Grievances
cc.
Delegated Committee Archive
Oversight and Tracking Committee Recorded with number 38 on date 15 Shawwal 1437 AH Abu Abdullah al-Kosovi
NB: For the figure of Abu Ishaq al-Iraqi, see here.
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Judge between them by what God has revealed
Islamic State Wilayat Halab Diwan al-Qada wa al-Madhalim
From: Abu Omar al-Muhajir To: the brothers in the Diwan al-Zakat
As-salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu
We ask you to review the case of the woman called Amina Suwayd. Does she need aid or not? For she claims to be in poverty. Has anyone borne witness to that?
Members of the Dawla: You must make sure of the matter and take the necessary steps.
May God reward you best.
Abu Omar al-Muhajir
Islamic State Branch Court of Aleppo- al-Bab Head of the court
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Islamic State
Diwan al-Awqaf wa al-Masajid
The da’wa office in the town of al-Ra’i and its environs testifies that the individual called Mamduh al-Juwaid attended the Shari’i course held in the village of Qurah Kouz, from date [unspecified] until 6 Rabi’ al-Thani 1437 AH.
Da’wa office official Abu Mariya
This certificate is not to be considered a Shari’i tazkiya.
The Islamic State Archives 