Abdullah Mansour

Abdullah Mansour
Emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party
In office
2013–2014
Preceded byAbdul Shakoor al-Turkistani
Succeeded byAbdul Haq al-Turkistani
Military service
Allegiance al-Qaeda
Branch/service East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Battles/warsXinjiang conflict
War in North-West Pakistan

Abdullah Mansour is a Uyghur militant who was the leader of the Turkistan Islamic Party, an Islamic and Uyghur separatist organization. Between 2008 and 2013 Mansour was an editor of his movements quarterly publication Islamic Turkistan, before rising to its leadership.[1]

  1. ^ Zenn, Jacob (23 May 2014). "Beijing, Kunming, Urumqi and Guangzhou: The Changing Landscape of Anti-Chinese Jihadists". China Brief. 14 (10). The Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 2 November 2014.