Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah (Arabic: ????? ???? ?????, ?Adnan Shukri Juma?ah) (4 August 1975 – 6 December 2014) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a senior member of al-Qaeda.
He was born in Saudi Arabia and grew up in the United States.In March 2003, a provisional arrest warrant was issued calling him a "material witness", and he was subsequently listed by the U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list, and the United States Department of State, through the Rewards for Justice Program, offered a bounty of up to US$5 million for information about his location.Last known to have lived with his family in Miramar, Florida, Shukrijumah was known to have a Guyanese passport but might also have used a Saudi, Canadian, or Trinidadian passport.
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly denied that el Shukrijumah was a Saudi citizen.
He was considered to be a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda.His mother insisted that her asthmatic son had been wrongly accused.
He also went by the names Abu Arif, and Jafar al-Tayyar, the latter translating to "Jafar the Pilot".In 2014, Shukrijumah was killed in a military manhunt operation by Pakistan Army Special Forces in South Waziristan.
The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Shukrijumah's death two days later.
In July 2016, al-Qaeda confirmed Shukrijumah's death while demanding the release of his wife and children.