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 (r. 1436–1458), 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
See also
- Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I (reigned 1480–1509, died 1510), Nizam of Ahmadnagar