Ahmad Shah

Ahmed Shah or Ahmad Shah may refer to:

• Several rulers of that name:
  • Ahmad Shah Durrani (r. 1747–1773), founder of the Durrani dynasty and also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali
  • Ahmad Shah Bahadur (r. 1748–1775), a Mughal emperor of northern India
  • Ahmed Shah of Gujarat (r. 1411–1442), founder of Ahmedabad city
  • Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (r. 1974–), 5th Sultan of Pahang and one of the heads-of-state of Malaysia
  • Ahmad Shah Qajar (r. 1909–1930), last ruler of Iran's Qajar dynasty

• Other individuals of that name:
  • Ahmad Shah (Taliban) (nom de guerre Mohammad Ismail), Taliban leader in northeastern Afghanistan; the focus of Operation Red Wing
  • Ahmad Shah Khan, claimant to the abolished throne of Afghanistan
  • Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance