Ahmad (name)
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Aḥmad (أحمد also Ahmed), is the transliteration of an Arabic given name that comes from the Arabic Triconsonantal root of H-M-D ("praise"), meaning "highly praised" implying "one who constantly thanks God". One of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's many names is Ahmad.
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In fiction it may refer to:
- Ahmed (Arabian Nights), a prince in the "Arabian Nights," noted for a magic tent
In geography it may refer to:
- Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, built in honour of Ahmed I
- Ahmedabad, India
- Ahmednagar, India
In recent events it may refer to:
- Dr Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister of Egypt (2004-)
- Professor Ahmed H. Zewail, the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry
- Sheik Ahmed Yassin, former leader of Palestinian Hamas
- Ahmed Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress
- Ahmed Shah Massoud, an Afghan (Tajik/Persian) military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan
- Ahmed Qurei, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority
- Fazel Ahmed Manawi, Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan
In history it may refer to:
- Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Founder of the Hanbalite School of Law and Theology
- Ahmad Fanakati, financial officer of the Mongol Empire
- Ahmed I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmed III, sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, former President of Iraq
- Ahmed Ben Bella, the first President of Algeria
- Ahmed Sanjar, a ruler of the Seljuk Turks
- Ahmad ibn Rustah, Persian chronicler born in Isfahan, Persia
- Ahmed Köprülü, Ottoman Grand Vizier of the Köprülü family
- Ahmed Yesevi, a leader of Sufi mysticism
- Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman statesman
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
In other fields it may refer to:
- Ahmed Hulusi, journalist, Islamic thinker
- Iajuddin Ahmed, the President of Bangladesh
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
- Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan
- Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait
- Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait
- Ahmed Sékou Touré, African political leader and president of the Republic of Guinea
- Ahmed Maher, foreign minister of Egypt from 2001 to 2004
- Ahmad Shukeiri, first Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization
- Ahmad, West Coast hip hop performer
- Alexander Siddig, also known as Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi, British actor
- Adnan Ahmed, from Montreal, Canada
- Hocine Aït Ahmed, Algerian politician
- Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, also known as Fatma Sid Ahmed, Algerian resistance fighter against French occupation
