Abdullah Muhammad Fazul Husseine Mullah Ati (Arabic: (عبد الله محمد فاضل حسين ملا اتي
was born in the district of Magoudjou in the town of Moroni, the capital city of Grande
Comore, the largest of the four Comoros Islands, a tiny former French colony off the
northeastern coast of Mozambique. Though he has used February 25, 1974 and
December 25, 1974 as dates of birth on various documents, it is likely that his true date of
birth is August 25, 1972, a date also used in some documents.