Ahmad Shah

Ahmed Shah or Ahmad Shah is the name of:

Monarchs

 * Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (r. 1433–1435), Sultan of Bengal
 * Ahmad Shah Durrani (r. 1722–1772), founder of the Durrani dynasty and also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali
 * Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah, tenth Sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate
 * Ahmad Shah Bahadur (r. 1748–1775), a Mughal emperor of northern India
 * Ahmad Shah Qajar (r. 1898–1930), last ruler of Iran's Qajar dynasty
 * Ahmad Shah (Sultan of Malacca)


 * Rulers of Pahang
 * Ahmad Shah I of Pahang (r. 1475–1495)
 * Ahmad Shah II of Pahang (r. 1590–1592)
 * Ahmad Shah of Pahang (r. 1974–2019), 5th Sultan of modern Pahang and one of the heads-of-state of Malaysia


 * 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 (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
 * Ahmed Shah (Afghan cricketer) born 1983, Afghan cricketer
 * Ahmed Shah (Indian cricketer) born 1995, Indian cricketer