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
    • Ahmad Shah of Gujarat (r. 1411–1442), founder of Ahmadabad 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 (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), Taliban leader in northeastern Afghanistan; the focus of Operation Red Wings
    • Ahmad Shah Khan, claimant to the abolished throne of Afghanistan
    • Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance

Famous quotes containing the word shah:

    Varis Shah says habits don’t die even if we are cut into pieces.
    —Varis Shah (18th cent.)