Ahmad Shah (nom de guerre Mohammad Ismail; c. 1970 – c. April 2008) was an Afghan militant leader who commanded a group of fighters operating in eastern Afghanistan and was linked to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

Ahmad Shah Massoud (Dari: احمد شاه مسعود, Persian pronunciation: [ʔæhmæd ʃɒːh mæsʔuːd]; September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001) was an Afghan military leader and politician. [4] He was a guerrilla commander during the resistance against the Soviet occupation during the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to 1989.

Ahmad Shah Qajar (Persian: احمد شاه قاجار ‎; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the shah of Iran from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.

Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the state of Afghanistan and ruler of an empire that extended form the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River) to the Indian Ocean and from Khorasan into Kashmir, the Punjab, and Sindh.

Jan 1, 2025 · Aḥmad Shah (born December 24, 1725, Delhi [India]—died January 1, 1775, Delhi) was the Mughal emperor of India from 1748 to 1754, a period when the Mughal dynasty was in decline.

Feb 23, 2019 · Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir, fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Taliban and was assassinated by al-Qaeda in 2001.

Sep 9, 2012 · Ahmad Shah Massoud, who brazenly fought the Soviet Red Army and Taliban, is now regarded as a national hero by Afghans.

Sep 9, 2011 · In the north of Afghanistan, suicide bombers posing as journalists killed Ahmad Shah Massoud, the most famous leader of Afghan resistance against Taliban rule. Today, posters of Massoud still...

Sep 9, 2021 · Two days before 9/11, an Al-Qaeda suicide squad posing as journalists sat down for an interview with Ahmad Shah Massoud, the last major commander resisting the jihadist group's Taliban allies in...

Ahmad Shah Abdali, later known as Ahmad Shah Durrani, was the founder of modern Afghanistan. Before being elected king in 1747, Abdali was a cavalry general under the Persian emperor Nadir Shah. During his reign, he built a vast empire that extended from eastern Persia to northern India, and from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean.