أمير المؤمنين
On 4 April 1996, supporters of Omar bestowed the title "Amir al-Mu'minin" (أمير المؤمنين, "Commander of the Faithful") on him, after he donned a cloak which was alleged to be that of Muhammad, locked in a series of chests and held inside the Shrine of the Cloak (Kirka Sharif) in the city of Kandahar. Legend decreed that whoever could retrieve the cloak from the chest would be the great Leader of the Muslims, or the ""Amir al-Mu'minin".