Ahmed al-Tilemsi | |
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Native name | عبد الرحمن ولد العامر |
Birth name | Abderrahmane Ould El Amar |
Born | Between 1977 and 1982[1] Tabankort, Gao Region, Mali |
Died | December 10-11, 2014 Tabankort, Mali |
Allegiance | Mali (until 2012) MOJWA (2012-2013) al-Mourabitoun (2013-2014) |
Rank | Military commander of Katiba Osama bin Laden (MOJWA) Senior member and financier (al-Mourabitoun) Emir (al-Mourabitoun) (per France) |
Battles/wars | Mali War |
Ahmed al-Tilemsi, nom de guerre of Abderrahmane Ould El Amar (Arabic: عبد الرحمن ولد العامر) was a Malian jihadist leader and drug trafficker who served as a founding member and senior figure of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and a senior figure and alleged emir of al-Mourabitoun.