Ahmed al-Tilemsi

Ahmed al-Tilemsi
Native name
عبد الرحمن ولد العامر
Birth nameAbderrahmane Ould El Amar
BornBetween 1977 and 1982
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.