Abdullah Mansour | |
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Emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party | |
In office 2013–2014 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani |
Succeeded by | Abdul Haq al-Turkistani |
Military service | |
Allegiance | al-Qaeda |
Branch/service | East Turkestan Islamic Movement |
Battles/wars | Xinjiang 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]