Ahmed al-Tilemsi

Ahmed al-Tilemsi
Native name
عبد الرحمن ولد العامر
Birth nameAbderrahmane Ould El Amar
BornBetween 1977 and 1982[1]
Tabankort, Gao Region, Mali
DiedDecember 10-11, 2014
Tabankort, Mali
Allegiance Mali (until 2012)
MOJWA (2012-2013)
al-Mourabitoun (2013-2014)
RankMilitary commander of Katiba Osama bin Laden (MOJWA)
Senior member and financier (al-Mourabitoun)
Emir (al-Mourabitoun) (per France)
Battles/warsMali War

Battle of Tabankort

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.

  1. ^ "Abderrahmane Ould el Amar". 1977.