Shwan Salah Mohammad, (Kurdish: شوان سەڵاح محەممەد) also known as Mullah Shwan (مەلا شوان) (1986 – July 28, 2015) was a Kurdish senior member of the Islamic State, who was among the first to join the group during its early stages.
[2] Mullah Shwan's parents are from a small village called Zebarok, near Shaqlawa.
Mullah Shwan was a preacher at Mam Jaafar Mosque in Daratu township, near Erbil.
[4] In November 2014, he travelled to Kirkuk with his family and daughters, Hana and Hala, along with two other friends, to join ISIS.
On July 28, 2015, the KRG Security Council announced that in a secret operation with American forces, they were able to locate Mullah Shwan after spying on his house in Hawija for several days.