# Mullah Mohammed Omar - Amir al-Mu'minin of the Islamic Emirate (first Taliban government)

URL: https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/rulers/mullah-mohammed-omar
Reign: 27 September 1996 – 13 November 2001
Number in the list: 291
Born-Died: c. 1960 - 2013
Dynasty: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996-2001)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Omar

List: 27 September 1996 - 13 November 2001 (also leader of the Taliban movement from 1994, from memory). Death announced 2015 (from memory).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Burhanuddin Rabbani](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/rulers/burhanuddin-rabbani)
- Next in list: [Burhanuddin Rabbani (restored)](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/rulers/burhanuddin-rabbani-restored)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1996 - [Mullah Omar Proclaimed Commander of the Faithful](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1996-mullah-omar-proclaimed-commander-of-the-faithful)
- 1996 - [Osama bin Laden Returns to Afghanistan](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1996-osama-bin-laden-returns-to-afghanistan)
- 1996 - [Northern Alliance Formed](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1996-northern-alliance-formed)
- 1996 - [Taliban Edicts and the Virtue Ministry](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1996-taliban-edicts-and-the-virtue-ministry)
- 1996 - [Najibullah Executed by the Taliban](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1996-najibullah-executed-by-the-taliban)
- 1996 - [Taliban Capture Kabul](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1996-taliban-capture-kabul)
- 1997 - [Taliban Enter Mazar-i-Sharif and Are Destroyed](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1997-taliban-enter-mazar-i-sharif-and-are-destroyed)
- 1997 - [Taliban Rename the State the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1997-taliban-rename-the-state-the-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan)
- 1998 - [CentGas Pipeline Plans and Unocal's Withdrawal](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1998-centgas-pipeline-plans-and-unocal-s-withdrawal)
- 1998 - [Bin Laden's Fatwa Against the United States and Its Allies](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1998-bin-laden-s-fatwa-against-the-united-states-and-its-allies)
- 1998 - [Takhar Earthquake of February 1998](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1998-takhar-earthquake-of-february-1998)
- 1998 - [Takhar Earthquake of May 1998](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1998-takhar-earthquake-of-may-1998)
- 1998 - [Iranian Diplomats Killed in Mazar-i-Sharif](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1998-iranian-diplomats-killed-in-mazar-i-sharif)
- 1998 - [Taliban Retake Mazar-i-Sharif and Massacre Civilians](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1998-taliban-retake-mazar-i-sharif-and-massacre-civilians)
- 1998 - [Operation Infinite Reach: US Missiles Strike Afghan Camps](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1998-operation-infinite-reach-us-missiles-strike-afghan-camps)
- 1999 - [Scorched-Earth Campaign on the Shomali Plain](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1999-scorched-earth-campaign-on-the-shomali-plain)
- 1999 - [UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Imposes Sanctions on the Taliban](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1999-un-security-council-resolution-1267-imposes-sanctions-on-the-taliban)
- 1999 - [Hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 Lands in Kandahar](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/1999-hijacked-indian-airlines-flight-814-lands-in-kandahar)
- 2000 - [Taliban Ban Opium Poppy Cultivation](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2000-taliban-ban-opium-poppy-cultivation)
- 2000 - [Taliban Capture Taloqan](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2000-taliban-capture-taloqan)
- 2000 - [UN Security Council Resolution 1333 Tightens Sanctions](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2000-un-security-council-resolution-1333-tightens-sanctions)
- 2001 - [Taliban Destroy the Buddhas of Bamiyan](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-taliban-destroy-the-buddhas-of-bamiyan)
- 2001 - [Massoud Addresses the European Parliament](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-massoud-addresses-the-european-parliament)
- 2001 - [Shelter Now Aid Workers Arrested in Kabul](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-shelter-now-aid-workers-arrested-in-kabul)
- 2001 - [Assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-assassination-of-ahmad-shah-massoud)
- 2001 - [September 11 Attacks Planned from Afghanistan](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-september-11-attacks-planned-from-afghanistan)
- 2001 - [US-Led Air Campaign Begins the Invasion of Afghanistan](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-us-led-air-campaign-begins-the-invasion-of-afghanistan)
- 2001 - [Abdul Haq Captured and Executed](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-abdul-haq-captured-and-executed)
- 2001 - [Dasht-i-Leili Prisoner Deaths](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-dasht-i-leili-prisoner-deaths)
- 2001 - [Northern Alliance Takes Mazar-i-Sharif](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-northern-alliance-takes-mazar-i-sharif)
- 2001 - [Fall of Kabul to the Northern Alliance](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-fall-of-kabul-to-the-northern-alliance)
- 2001 - [Kunduz Surrenders and the Alleged Pakistani Airlift](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-kunduz-surrenders-and-the-alleged-pakistani-airlift)
- 2001 - [Prisoner Uprising at Qala-i-Jangi](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-prisoner-uprising-at-qala-i-jangi)
- 2001 - [Battle of Tora Bora](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-battle-of-tora-bora)
- 2001 - [Bonn Agreement](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-bonn-agreement)
- 2001 - [Taliban Surrender Kandahar](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-taliban-surrender-kandahar)
- 2001 - [UN Authorises the International Security Assistance Force](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-un-authorises-the-international-security-assistance-force)
- 2001 - [Afghan Interim Administration Takes Office](https://allhistories.com/afghanistan/timeline/2001-afghan-interim-administration-takes-office)