| Direct Associations |
|---|
| Name | Relationship | Link(s) | Earliest
Associated |
|---|
 Osama bin Laden | Supervisor | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Al-Qaeda gains first members
Osama bin Laden issues fatwah calling for killing Americans
Osama bin Laden holds press conference
Iraqi delegation meets with bin Laden
East African Embassy Bombings
Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter
Bin Laden walking in the mountains video
Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video
| 1985 |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri has served as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man since the death of Muhammed Atef in 2001. They reportedly met in Pakistan in the mid-1980s. |
 Abdul Rehman al-Maghribi | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Abu Khayr | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Faqir Mohammed | Subordinate | Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat
| |
| Abd al-Aziz al-Masri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
| |
| Abu Ayyub al-Masri | Subordinate | Abu Ayyub al-Masri joins Egyptian Islamic Jihad
| 1982 |
| Abu Ayyub joined al-Zawahiri's Egyptian Islamic Jihad in the 1980s and remains in contact with him. |
| Abu Turab al Urdani | Relative | | |
| Abu Turab is reportedly al-Zawahiri's son-in-law. |
| Liaquat Hussain | Associate | | |
| Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi | Associate | | |
| Mohammed Atef | Same Group | Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Al-Qaeda gains first members
Osama bin Laden holds press conference
East African Embassy Bombings
Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter
Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri
Yazid Sufaat works on anthrax for al-Qaeda
| May 26, 1998 |
| Ibrahim Eidarous | Same Group | Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Eidarous contacts al-Zawahiri
| Oct. 29, 1997 |
| Doctor Fadhl el Masry | Same Group | Al-Qaeda Fatwah Committee
Al-Qaeda gains first members
| |
| Abu Faraj al-Yemeni | Same Group | Al-Qaeda Fatwah Committee
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Al-Qaeda gains first members
| |
| Saad al-Sharif | Same Group | Al-Qaeda Fatwah Committee
| |
| Abu Qutada | Same Group | Al-Qaeda Fatwah Committee
| |
| Abu Mohamed el Masry Saad al Sharif | Same Group | Al-Qaeda Fatwah Committee
| |
| Mamdouh Mahmud Salim | Same Group | Al-Qaeda Fatwah Committee
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Al-Qaeda gains first members
East African Embassy Bombings
| |
| Abdullah Azzam | Same Group | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | Same Group | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Saif al-Adel | Same Group | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
East African Embassy Bombings
| |
| Shaikh Saiid al-Masri | Same Group | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Saad bin Laden | Same Group | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah | Same Group | Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
East African Embassy Bombings
| |
| Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl | Same Event | Ayman al-Zawahri gives money to Jamal al-Fadl to buy a farm
Al-Qaeda gains first members
| 1991 |
| Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri | Same Event | Ayman al-Zawahri gives money to Jamal al-Fadl to buy a farm
Al-Qaeda gains first members
| 1991 |
| Abdel Abdel Bary | Same Event | Eidarous contacts al-Zawahiri
| Oct. 29, 1997 |
| Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali | Same Event | Osama bin Laden holds press conference
East African Embassy Bombings
| May 26, 1998 |
| Mohammed bin Laden | Same Event | Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter
| January 2001 |
| Yazid Sufaat | Same Event | Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri
Yazid Sufaat works on anthrax for al-Qaeda
| Early 2001 |
| Hambali | Same Event | Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri
| Early 2001 |
 Amin al-Haq | Same Event | Bin Laden walking in the mountains video
| Sept. 10, 2003 |
| Indirect Associations |
|---|
| Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi | Indirect | Al-Qaeda gains first members
| Late 1989 |
| Doctor Abdallah Izzildine | Indirect | Al-Qaeda gains first members
| Late 1989 |
| Abu Musab al Saudi | Indirect | Al-Qaeda gains first members
| Late 1989 |
| Abu Burhan al-Iraqi | Indirect | Al-Qaeda gains first members
| Late 1989 |
| Wadih El Hage | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Azzam | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Fazul Abdullah Mohammed | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Khalfan Khamis Mohamed | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Mohamed Sadeek Odeh | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Hamden Khalif Allah Awad | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Abu Hanifah | Indirect | Ayman al-Zawahri issues videotaped statement on Afghanistan
| June 22, 2006 |
| Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Indirect | Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video
| July 7, 2006 |
| Adam Gadahn | Indirect | Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video
| July 7, 2006 |
| Shehzad Tanweer | Indirect | Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video
Zawahiri and Gadahn September 2006 video
| July 7, 2006 |
| Direct Associations describe relationships in which the two are believed to have had a personal relationship. Indirect associations are those who are connected through an event or group, but it is not established in sources that they ever had direct contact. |
