Ahmad Shah

Ahmad Shah or Ahmed Shah is the name of:

Monarchs

• Ahmad Shah Durrani (died 1772), founder of the Durrani dynasty and the Afghan Empire
• Ahmad Shah I Wali (1371-1436), ninth Sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate
• Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah, tenth Sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate
• Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725-1775), a Mughal emperor of northern India
• Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1930), last ruler of Iran's Qajar dynasty
• Ahmad Shah (died 1513), Sultan of Malacca
• Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (1419-1436), Sultan of Bengal

Rulers of Pahang

• Ahmad Shah I of Pahang, second Sultan of Pahang
• Ahmad Shah II of Pahang (died 1617), 11th Sultan of Pahang
• Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930-2019), 5th Sultan of modern Pahang and one of the heads-of-state of Malaysia

Rulers of the Gujarat Sultanate

• Ahmad Shah I (1389-1442), third Sultan of Gujarat
• Ahmad Shah II (1429-1458), 5th Sultan of Gujarat
• Ahmad Shah III (died 1561), 13th Sultan of Gujarat

Other individuals

• Ahmad Shah (Taliban) (nom de guerre Mohammad Ismail, 1970-2008), Taliban leader in northeastern Afghanistan; the focus of Operation Red Wings
• Ahmadshah Abdullah (1946-2025), Malaysian civil servant
• Ahmad Shah Khan (1934-2024), claimant to the abolished throne of Afghanistan
• Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001), leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance
• Ahmed Shah (Afghan cricketer) (born 1983), Afghan cricketer
• Ahmed Shah (Indian cricketer) (born 1995), Indian cricketer

See also

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