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The Structure of the Caliphate

‘The Structure of the Khilafah (Caliphate)’ is a video published by al-Furqan Media on 6 July 2016 that attempts to explain the governing structure of the Islamic State.1 The video’s narrator, a member of the media department, goes into great deal about the relationship between the caliph and the Delegated Committee, bureaus, and provinces that fall under this leadership structure, and the ministries, committees, and offices that do the day-to-day work of administering extensive territorial holdings in Iraq and Syria with an estimated population of around eight million people. The video was published English and several other languages, fulfilling the exhortations jihadi theorists like Abu Musab al-Suri had advocated for decades—spreading the ideas of this Islamist project beyond Arabic speakers. The following is our transcript of the video and descriptions of the displays.