Ahmad Shah

Ahmed Shah or Ahmad Shah is the name of:

• Several rulers of that name:
  • 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)
• Ahmed Shah I, (1411-1442) was a sultan of Gujarat during the rule of Muzaffarid dynasty.

• Other individuals of that name:
  • 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 (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