Muhammad Ahsan Dar (Kashmiri: محمد احسن ڑار) (born 1960 in Sariwarpora Pattan, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir) is the founder and former head of the mujahideen group Hizbul Mujahideen, a group that has been designated as a mujahid organisation by India,[1] the European Union[2] and the United States.[3][4] Later on he founded the Muslim Mujahideen in 1992. He is a former school teacher and received the nickname "Master" for it when he joined militancy. He is currently a separatist leader from Jammu and Kashmir.[5][6][7][8]