Abdullah Maute

Abdullah Maute
Abdullah Maute as depicted in a wanted poster published by the Philippine National Police
Born	Butig, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Died	Marawi, Philippines (presumed)
Nationality	Filipino
Years active	2013–2017
Known for	co-founding the Maute group

Abdullah Maute was a Moro militant who co-founded, along with his brother Omar Maute, a Dawlah Islamiyah (Islamic state) group in Mindanao, Philippines commonly known as the Maute group after their surname.

On September 4, 2017, the Philippine military announced that Maute had been killed in an airstrike in August 2017 during the Battle of Marawi. They cited ISIL sympathizers proclaiming his death as an act of martyrdom on the social media platform Telegram. He was referred to as "Sheik Al Miyahad Abu Al Hassan", an alias he was known to have used within the ISIL network.

Siblings Omar and Abdullah Maute are descended from a Maranao warrior clan based in Butig, Lanao del Sur, the town where they were born and spent their childhood. They are born to Cayamora and Farhana Maute.

The brothers had worked in the Middle East as Overseas Filipino Workers. While working for secular schools in Syria and the United Arab Emirates, the brothers studied Islamic theology. Abdullah reportedly was educated in Jordan.

Philippine military sources state that the siblings' father, Cayamora Maute, was a senior official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). After the MILF began to engage in peace negotiations with the Philippine government, the brothers criticized the MILF leadership and pledged allegiance to ISIS.