Ahmad Shah

Ahmed Shah or Ahmad Shah is the name of:

Kings

• Ahmad Shah Durrani (r. 1722–1772), founder of the Durrani dynasty and also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali
• Ahmad Shah Bahadur (r. 1748–1775), a Mughal emperor of northern India
• Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (r. 1974–), 5th Sultan of Pahang and one of the heads-of-state of Malaysia
• Ahmad Shah Qajar (r. 1898–1930), last ruler of Iran's Qajar dynasty
• Ahmad Shah (Sultan of Malacca)

Several rulers of Gujarat Sultanate during the rule of Muzaffarid dynasty were named Ahmad Shah

• Ahmad Shah I (1411-1442) who founded Ahmedabad, India
• Ahmad Shah II (1451-1458)
• Ahmad Shah III (1554-1567)

Other individuals

• • Ahmad Shah (Constitutional Loya Jirga, committee five) a delegate to Afghanistan's Constitutional Loya Jirga
  • Hajji Ahmad Shah (Constitutional Loya Jirga, committee eight) a delegate to Afghanistan's Constitutional Loya Jirga
  • Ahmad Shah (journalist) (1988/1889-2018), Afghan journalist
  • Ahmad Shah (Taliban) (nom de guerre Mohammad Ismail, died 2008), Taliban leader in northeastern Afghanistan; the focus of Operation Red Wings
  • Ahmad Shah Khan, claimant to the abolished throne of Afghanistan
  • Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001), leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance

See also

• Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I (reigned 1480–1509, died 1510), Nizam of Ahmadnagar