Ahmad () is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

common in most parts of the

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. Other English spellings of the name include Ahmed. It is also used as a surname.

Etymology

The word derives from the root ( ḥ-m-d), from the

(), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle ().

Lexicology

As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a

Quranic The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...

prophecy attributed to

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in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

. It also shares the same roots as

Mahmud Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Given name Mahmood * Mahmood Ali (1928 ...

, Hamed, and Hamad. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Some

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

ic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of

at birth by his mother, considered by

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to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understanding his nature. Over the centuries, some Islamic scholars have suggested the name's parallel is in the word '

Paraclete ''Paraclete'' (; ) is a Christian biblical term occurring five times in the Johannine texts of the New Testament. In Christian theology, the word commonly refers to the Holy Spirit and is translated as 'advocate', 'counsellor', or 'helper'. E ...

' from the Biblical text,"Isa", Encyclopedia of Islam although this view is not universal considering translations, meanings and etymology.A. Guthrie and E. F. F. Bishop, p. 253–254. Traditional Islamic sources, such as

Sahih al-Bukhari () is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...

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, and others contain

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in which Muhammad personally refers to himself as Ahmad. Christian orientalists such as W. Montgomery Watt, however, claim that the use of Ahmad as a proper name for "Muhammad" did not exist until well into the second Islamic century, previously being used only in an adjectival sense. Watt concludes that the development of the term being used as a name in reference to Muhammad came later in the context of Christian-Muslim polemics, particularly with Muslim attempts to equate Muhammad with the Biblical 'Paraclete', owing to a prophecy attributed to

in the Quranic verse 61:6.

Interpretations and meanings of Ahmad

Development

Regarding

Ibn Ishaq Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (; – , known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic proph ...

's biography of Muhammad, the

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, Islamic scholar

Alfred Guillaume Alfred Guillaume (8 November 1888 – 30 November 1965) was a British Christian Arabist, scholar of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament and Islam. Career Guillaume was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, the son of Alfred Guillaume. He took up Arabi ...

wrote:

Ahmad passage

Here are two translations of the passage in question in Surat 61 verse 6: The verse in the Quran attributes a name or designation, describing or identifying who would follow Jesus. In his

Farewell Discourse In the New Testament, wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/John#14:1, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his Disciple (Christianity), disciples immediately after the conclusion o ...

to his disciples, Jesus promised that he would "send the

Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Holy Ghost, is a concept within the Abrahamic religions. In Judaism, the Holy Spirit is understood as the divine quality or force of God manifesting in the world, particularly in acts of prophecy, creati ...

" to them after his departure, in John 15:26 stating: "whom I will send unto you from the Father,

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the Spirit of truth... shall bear witness of me." John 14:17 states "

the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you."''John'' by Andreas J. Köstenberger 2004 , page 442.''The Gospel of John: Question by Question'' by Judith Schubert 2009 , pages 112–127. Regarding verse 61: 6 in the Quran: Contrary to the above claim that Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham did not mention Ahmad and the respective passage, there is Ibn Ishaq's work with the title Kitab al-Maghazi and Ibn Hisham who mention and connect the words Mohammad & Ahmad with the

. Additionally it has been documented that there was an attempt to connect the respective quranic verse with the Paraclete even earlier then Ibn Ishaq. Moreover, a later interpolation of this passage to the Quran, just to serve as an ex eventu prove for the early Muslim scholars, has also been refuted in modern Islamic Studies. This is supported by the fact that the earliest as well as the later manuscripts of the Quran contain the exact passage and wording in Surah 61.

Scholarship regarding the Greek translation

"Early translators knew nothing about the surmised reading of periklutos for parakletos, and its possible rendering as Ahmad …. Periklutos does not come into the picture as far as Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham are concerned. The deception is not theirs. The opportunity to introduce Ahmad was not accepted – though it is highly improbable that they were aware of it being a possible rendering of Periklutos. It would have clinched the argument to have followed the Johannine references with a Quranic quotation." "Furthermore the Peshitta, Old Syriac, and Philoxenian versions all write the name of John in the form Yuhanan, not in the Greek form Yuhannis.. Accordingly to find a text of the Gospels from which Ibn Ishaq could have drawn his quotation we must look for a version which differs from all others in displaying these characteristics. Such a text is the Palestinian Syriac Lectionary of the Gospels which will conclusively prove that the Arabic writer had a Syriac text before him which he, or his informant, skillfully manipulated to provide the reading we have in the Sira.". "Muslim children are never called Ahmad before the year 123AH. But there are many instances prior to this date of boys called 'Muhammad.' Very rarely is the name 'Ahmad' met with in pre-Islamic time of ignorance (Jahiliya), though the name Muhammad was in common use. Later traditions that the prophet's name was Ahmad show that this had not always been obvious, though commentators assume it after about 22 (AH)." "It has been concluded that the word Ahmad in Quran as-Saff 61:6 is to be taken not as a proper name but as an adjective... and that it was understood as a proper name only after Muhammad had been identified with the Paraclete." "Note that by the middle of the 2nd century AH, Muslims already identified Muhammad with the Greek word "Paracletos" (Counsellor / Advocate) or the Aramaic translation "Menahhemana."

Alleged historical document regarding the topic

Text of the correspondence between `

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and Leo III: "We recognize Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as the authors of the Gospel, and yet I know that this truth, recognized by us Christians wounds you, so that you seek to find accomplices for your lie. In brief, you admit that we say that it was written by God, and brought down from the heavens, as you pretend for your Furqan, although we know that it was `Umar,

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and

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, who composed that, even though the rumor has got round among you that God sent it down from heavens.... odhas chosen the way of sending he human raceProphets, and it is for this reason that the Lord, having finished all those things that He had decided on beforehand, and having fore-announced His incarnation by way of His prophets, yet knowing that men still had need of assistance from God, promised to send the Holy Spirit, under the name of Paraclete, (Consoler), to console them in the distress and sorrow they felt at the departure of their Lord and Master. I reiterate, that it was for this cause alone that Jesus called the Holy Spirit the Paraclete, since He sought to console His disciples for His departure, and recall to them all that He had said, all that He had done before their eyes, all that they were called to propagate throughout the world by their witness. Paraclete thus signifies "consoler", while Muhammad means "to give thanks", or "to give grace", a meaning which has no connection whatever with the word Paraclete." However the authenticity of the correspondence has been put into question by scholars.

Transliterations

''Ahmad'' is the most common transliteration. It is used commonly all over the

, although primarily in the

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. More recently, this transliteration has become increasingly popular in the

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due to use by members of the

African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...

community. ''Ahmed'' is the most common variant transliteration, used especially in the context of the Ottoman Empire. This transliteration is also used throughout the

. ''Ahmet'' is the modern Turkish transliteration. Modern Turkish uses a Latin-based alphabet, and most Arabic-derived names have standardized Turkish spellings. The less common transliterations of ''Ahmad'' are used by Muslims outside the Middle East proper, such as in Indonesia and Russia. For

Bashkirs The Bashkirs ( , ) or Bashkorts (, ; , ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Russia. They are concentrated in Bashkortostan, a Republics of Russia, republic of the Russian Federation and in the broader historical region of B ...

and

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

, the name is Әхмәт (Äxmät / Əxmət). ''Achmat'' is the fairly standard transliteration used by South Africa's Muslim community, and its pronunciation shows evidence of the influence of Afrikaans: the which represents ح �is pronounced as an Afrikaans (i.e. closer to the Arabic خ); and the د is realised as a (closer to the Arabic ت) which follows Afrikaans

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principles.

People with the given name

Ahmad

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(r. 862–866). *

Ahmad Shah Durrani Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (; ; – 4 June 1772), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī (), was the first ruler and founder of the Durrani Empire. He is often regarded as the founder of modern Afghanistan. Throughout his reign, Ahmad Shah fought ov ...

, founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire * Ahmad Khan Yousafzai, founder of

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* Sheikh Ahmad, Siamese official of Persian ancestry *

Ahmad (rapper) Ahmad Ali Lewis (born October 12, 1975), Mononymous person, simply known as Ahmad (often stylized in all caps), is an American rapper, songwriter, motivational speaker and author from Los Angeles, California. He is perhaps best known for the 19 ...

, West Coast hip hop performer * Ahmad Abbas, Saudi Arabian footballer *

Ahmad Abdalla Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed Abdelkader () (born on December 19, 1979, Cairo) is an Egyptian film director, editor and screenwriter. His debut feature film is ''Heliopolis (2009 film), Heliopolis'' (2009); his second film is ''Microphone (film), Microp ...

, Egyptian film director * Ahmad Adel, Egyptian footballer * Ahmad Ahmadi, Iranian physician *

Ahmed Ajaj Ahmed Mohammad Ajaj (also transliterated Ahmad; ; born 1966) is a Palestinian citizen who is convicted of participating in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He is currently serving an 84-year sentence at USP Victorville for taking part in th ...

, Palestinian convicted of participating in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing *

Ahmad Ismail Ali Field Marshal Ahmad Ismail Ali (; 14 October 1917 – 25 December 1974) was an Egyptian senior military officer who was Egypt's minister of war during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. He is best known for his planning of the attack across the Suez ...

(1917–1974), Egyptian army officer *

Ahmad Alaq Sultan Ahmad Khan ( Chagatai and Persian: سلطان احمد خان; b. 1465 – 1504), better known as Ahmad Alaq was the Khan of Eastern Moghulistan ( Turpan Khanate) from 1487 to 1504. He was the second son of Yunus Khan. His mother was S ...

, Khan of eastern

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Ahmad Amin Ahmad Amin (Arabic: أحمد أمين), (1954-1886) was an Egyptian historian and writer. He wrote a series of books on the history of the Islamic civilization (1928–1953), a famous autobiography (''My Life'', 1950), as well as an important d ...

, Egyptian historian and writer * Ahmad A'zam, Uzbek writer *

Ahmed Ibrahim Artan Ahmed Ibrahim Artan ; ) is a Somali diplomat, author and currently Minister of Security of Puntland.. He is the former Labourers and Youth adviser to the Somali president. Personal life Ahmed is originally from the autonomous Puntland region ...

, Somali diplomat, author and politician *

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, ; 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named Ahmed ''Gragn'' in Amharic and ''Gurey'' in Somali, ...

, The Somali Imam of

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who conquered Abyssinia * Ahmad Bahar, Iranian politician *Ahmad Balshe, Palestinian-Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer known professionally as

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Ahmad Belal Ahmad Farag Mohamed Belal ( ; born August 20, 1980) is an Egyptians, Egyptian football (soccer), football Forward (association football), striker. Career Ahmed Belal started playing professionally for the Egyptian team, Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly, sin ...

, Egyptian former football player * Ahmad bey Javanshir, Azerbaijani historian * Ahmad Black, American football safety for the Florida Gators *

Ahmad Bradshaw Ahmad Bradshaw (born March 19, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd. Bradshaw was selected in the seven ...

, American former football running back for the Indianapolis Colts * Ahmad Brooks, American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers * Ahmad Bunnag of Siam * Ahmad Bustomi, Indonesian footballer * Ahmad Carroll, American football free agent *

Ahmad Dahlan Kyai Hajji, Haji Ahmad Dahlan (born as Muhammad Darwis;‎ ;‎ 1 August 1868 – 23 February 1923), often abbreviated to K.H. Ahmad Dahlan, was an Indonesian Islam in Indonesia, Muslim Kyai, religious leader and Islamic revivalism, revival ...

, Indonesian Islamic revivalist * Ahmad Dhani, Indonesian musician * Ahmad Dukhqan, Jordanian politician * Ahmad Esfandiari (1922–2012) Iranian painter *

Ahmad Fanakati Ahmad Fanākatī, alternatively rendered as Ahmad Banākatī (; ; before 1242 — 10 April 1282) was a Persian Muslim from the Qara Khitai (Western Liao dynasty) who served as chancellor and finance minister of the Yuan dynasty during Kublai's ...

, financial officer of

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* Ahmad Fuadi, Indonesian writer * Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner (born 2000), American football player * Ahmad Gooden (born 1995), American football player *

Ahmad Hardi Ahmad Hardi (; 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a prominent Kurdish language, Kurdish poet. He was born into an intellectual family in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan. He possessed a deep knowledge of classical Kurdish, Arabic and Persian poetry and h ...

, Kurdish poet *

Ahmad Hardy Ahmad Hardy (born December 19, 2005) is an American football running back for the Missouri Tigers. He previously played for the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks. High school career Hardy attended Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississi ...

, American football player * Ahmad Hawkins, American football defensive back for the Alabama Vipers * Ahmad Hijazi (born 1994), Lebanese footballer *

, Founder of the Hanbalite school of Muslim jurisprudence *

Ahmad ibn Fadlan Ahmad ibn Fadlan ibn al-Abbas al-Baghdadi () or simply known as Ibn Fadlan, was a 10th-century traveler from Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, famous for his account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir to the king ...

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ambassador to the

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Ahmad ibn Tulun Ahmad ibn Tulun (; c. 20 September 835 – 10 May 884) was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt in the Middle Ages, Egypt and Bilad al-Sham, Syria between 868 and 905. Originally a Turkic peoples, Turkic slave-soldier, in 868 Ibn ...

, founder of the

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* Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov, "Honored teacher" of Azerbaijan * Ahmad Jalloul (born 1992), Lebanese footballer *

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a NEA Jazz Ma ...

, American jazz pianist * Ahmad Javad (1892–1937), Azerbaijani poet *

Ahmad Sayyed Javadi Ahmad Sayyed Javadi (; 24 June 1917 – 31 March 2013) was an Iranian lawyer, political activist and politician, who served as interior minister and justice minister. He was the first interior minister after the 1979 revolution in Iran. Ear ...

, Iranian lawyer and politician * Ahmad Karami (1944–2020), Lebanese politician *

Ahmad Kasravi Ahmad Hokmabadi Tabrizi (; 29 September 1890 – 11 March 1946), later known as Ahmad Kasravi, was a pre-eminent Iranian historian, jurist, linguist, theologian, a staunch secularist and intellectual. He was a professor of law at the University ...

, Iranian linguists and historian * Ahmad Khatib, first

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n origin *

Ahmad Maher (disambiguation) Ahmad Maher may refer to: * Ahmad Mahir Pasha (1888–1945), former Prime Minister of Egypt * Ahmad Maher (diplomat) (1935–2010), grandson of Ahmad Mahir Pasha and former Foreign Minister of Egypt * Ahmad Maher (director), Egyptian film director * ...

, various people * Ahmad Majid, Mughal faujdar of Sylhet *

Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum (أحمد بن محمد بن حشر آل مكتوم) (born 31 December 1963 in Dubai) is an United Arab Emirates, Emirati shooting sport, sports shooter who won the first ever Olympic medal for his ...

Ahmed Mohamed Kismayo Ahmed Mohamed Ali Kismayo (; born 1964—2017, ); was a Somali journalist who worked for the BBC Somali Service between 1997 and 2012. Later he was the first Director of the Puntland TV and Radio which was established in 2013, and held that po ...

, Somali Journalist (1964–2017) * Ahmad Miller, former defensive tackle for the National Football League *

Ahmad Mirfendereski Ahmad Mirfendereski (; 9 May 1918 – 2 May 2004) was an Iranian diplomat, politician and the last minister of foreign affairs of the Shah era in Iran. Career Mirfendereski began his career at the ministry of foreign affairs and held many posts ...

(1918–2004), Iranian diplomat *

Ahmad Merritt Ahmad Rashad Merritt (born February 5, 1977) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at Wisconsin. Merritt was also a member of the Dallas C ...

, American football free agent *

Ahmad Muin Yaacob On 25 November 2016, at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, Singapore, during a heated argument, Ahmad Muin bin Yaacob, a 23-year-old Malaysians, Malaysian cleaner, killed his 54-year-old supervisor Maimunah binte Awang by stabbing her with a pair of gras ...

, Malaysian convicted murderer * Ahmad Murad (1943–2004), Bruneian diplomat * Ahmad Nafisi (1919–2004), Iranian bureaucrat and mayor of Tehran (1961–1963) *

Ahmad Nateghi Ahmad Nateghi (; born 1958) is an Iranian photographer and photojournalist, who is best known for his photos of the Iran–Iraq War. Life Ahmad Nateghi was born in 1958, in the south of Tehran. He started photography as a teenager in the 1970s. ...

(born 1958) Iranian photojournalist, photographer * Ahmad Nivins, American basketball player *

Ahmad ibn Rustah Ahmad ibn Rusta Isfahani (), more commonly known as ibn Rusta (, also spelled ''ibn Roste''), was a tenth-century Muslim Persian explorer and geographer born in Rosta, Isfahan in the Abbasid Caliphate. He wrote a geographical compendium known ...

, Persian chronicler born in Isfahan, Persia *

Ahmad Rashad Ahmad Rashad ( ; born Robert Earl Moore; November 19, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former professional football wide receiver. He was the fourth overall selection of the 1972 NFL draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals. He was known ...

, American sportscaster and former football player * Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah (born 1952), Kuwaiti royal and politician *

Ahmad Sa'adat Ahmad Sa'adat (also transliterated from Arabic as Ahmed Sadat or Saadat; ; born 1953), also known as Abu Ghassan, is a Palestinian militant, and Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist–Lenin ...

, Secretary-General of the

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* Ahmad Saad, Saudi Arabian football player *

Ahmad Said (politician) Ahmad bin Said (born 15 February 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 13th Menteri Besar of Terengganu from March 2008 to May 2013, Leader of the Opposition of Terengganu from March 2019 to August 2023, Member of the Terengganu ...

, Malaysian politician *

Ahmad Sakr Ahmad Ali Al Sakr (; born 7 April 1970) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Sakr joined Nejmeh on 1 October 2005. International career Sakr was the Lebanon national team's goalkeeper during the matches ...

(born 1970), Lebanese footballer *

Ahmad Sanjar Sanjar (, ; full name: ''Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah'') (6 November 1086 – 8 May 1157) was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until 1118,Seljuk Turks The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate society, Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persi ...

* Ahmad Ali Sepehr, Iranian historian and politician *

Ahmad Shah Massoud Ahmad Shāh Massoud (2 September 19539 September 2001) was an Afghan militant leader and politician. He was a guerrilla commander during the resistance against the Soviet occupation during the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to 1989. In the 19 ...

Afghan Afghan or Afgan may refer to: Related to Afghanistan *Afghans, historically refers to the Pashtun people. It is both an ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity wise, it refers to the Pashtuns. In modern terms, it means both the citizens of Afghanist ...

military leader Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan *

Ahmad Shah Qajar Ahmad Shah Qajar (‎; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the List of monarchs of Iran, shah of Iran (Name of Iran, Persia) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the seventh and final ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. Ahmad Shah ...

, Last

Shah Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...

of the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...

military leader Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan *

Ahmad Shamlou Ahmad Shamlou (, ''Ahmad Šāmlū'' , also known under his pen name A. Bamdad ()) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. ...

, Persian poet and writer *

Ahmad Shukeiri Ahmad al-Shukeiri (, also transliterated al-Shuqayri, Shuqairi, Shuqeiri, Shukeiry; 1 January 1908 – 26 February 1980) was a Palestinian political leader and the first Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, serving from 1964 to ...

, first Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization * Ahmad Sohrab, Persian author *

Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif (31 May 1935 – 27 May 2022), popularly known as Buya Syafi'i, was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and intellectual. He was chairman of Muhammadiyah between 1998 and 2005. Educated in the United States, he was known for hi ...

, Indonesian intellectual * Ahmad Tajuddin, 27th Sultan of

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

* Ahmad Taktouk (born 1984), Lebanese footballer * Ahmad Tekuder (died 1284), leader of the Mongol Ilkhanate *

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (16 February 1932 – 13 March 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, Kab ...

, President of Sierra Leone *

Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani Ahmad bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (; 1922 – 25 November 1977) was the Emir of Qatar who ruled from 1960 to 1972. Qatar's financial status improved significantly during his reign as a result of the enrichment and disc ...

, Emir of the State of Qatar * Ahmad Thomas (born 1994), American football player * Ahmad Treaudo, American football cornerback for the California Redwoods *

Ahmad Yani Ahmad Yani (19 June 1922 – 1 October 1965) was the Commander of the Indonesian Army, and was killed by members of the 30 September Movement during an attempt to kidnap him from his house. Early life Ahmad Yani was born in Jenar, Purwore ...

, Indonesian Army general *

Ahmad Zarruq Ahmad Zarruq () also known as Imam az-Zarrūq ash Shadhili (Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Īsa) (1442–1493 CE) was a 15th-century Moroccan Shadhili Sufi, jurist and saint from Fes. He is considered one of the most prominent and acco ...

, Shadhili Sufi Sheikh * Ahmad Yaakob, Malaysian politician; Menteri Besar of Kelantan *

Ahmad Najib Aris Ahmad Najib bin Aris (1976 – 23 September 2016) was a Malaysian convicted murderer who in 2003 raped and killed Canny Ong, a US-based Malaysian information technology (IT) analyst. The crime made headlines across Malaysia. He was sentenced to d ...

, Malaysian convicted rapist and killer who was hanged for the rape and murder of Canny Ong *

Ahmad Lawan Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (born 12 January 1959) is a Nigerian politician and former lecturer who served as the 14th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2019 to 2023. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the ...

, President of the Senate of Nigeria

Ahmed

Ahmed I Ahmed I ( '; ; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, Ottoman rulers would no ...

sultan Sultan (; ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be use ...

of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

Ahmed II Ahmed II (; ; was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695. Early life Ahmed II was born on 25 February 1643 or 1 August 1642, the son of Sultan Ibrahim and Muazzez Sultan. On 21 October 1649, Ahmed, along with his brothers Mehmed ...

, sultan of the Ottoman Empire *

Ahmed III Ahmed III (, ''Aḥmed-i sālis''; was sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687). His mother was Gülnuş Sultan, originally named Evmania Voria, who was an ethnic Greek. He was born at Hacıoğlu Pazarcık, ...

, sultan of the Ottoman Empire * Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pasha (1889–1938), Egyptian economist * Ahmed Abukhater, urban and regional planner and Palestinian-American powerlifter *

Ahmed Ahmed Ahmed Ahmed (), () is an Egyptian-American actor and comedian. Early life Ahmed Ahmed was born in Helwan, Egypt. His family moved to the United States when he was one month old. He was raised in Riverside, California. Career Ahmed Ahmed moved ...

, Egyptian American actor and comedian * Ahmed Al-Kaf, Omani football referee *

Ahmed Arif Ahmed Arif (21 April 1927 in Siverek – 2 June 1991 in Ankara) was a Turkish- Kurdish poet. His father, Arif Hikmet, is an ethnic Turkmen from Kirkuk, and his mother Sayre is Kurdish. Ahmed Arif studied philosophy at Ankara University. Ar ...

(1927–1991), Turkish poet * Ahmed Ali Awan (born 1980), convicted of the racially motivated

murder of Ross Parker Ross Andrew Parker (19 August 198421 September 2001), from Peterborough, England, was a seventeen-year-old white English male murdered in an unprovoked racially motivated crime. He bled to death after being stabbed, beaten with a hammer a ...

* Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Palestinian American activist *

Ahmed Saidu Baba Ahmed Saidu Baba (born December 27, 1973) is a Nigerian politician representing the Gwanabe/Gweria/Bani/Adena constituency, Kaiama local government area in the Kwara State House of Assembly. Early life and education Ahmed was born on 27 Dece ...

(born 1973), Nigerian politician, member of the Kwara State House of Assembly * Ahmed Baduri, Eritrean diplomat *

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Field Marshal Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968 to 15 July 1979. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party a ...

, former President of Iraq *

Ahmed Ben Bella Ahmed Ben Bella (; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of ...

, the first President of Algeria *

Ahmed Chalabi Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi (; 30 October 1945 – 3 November 2015) was an Iraqi dissident politician, convicted fraudster and founder of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) who served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq ( 37th ...

, leader of the Iraqi National Congress *

Ahmed El Din (disambiguation) Ahmed El Din or Ahmed Eldin () may refer to: * Ahmed Alaa Eldin (born 1994), Egyptian footballer * Ahmed Alaaeldin (born 1993), Qatari footballer * Ahmad Hariri, Ahmed El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri (born 1984), Lebanese-Saudi politician * Ahmed Emad Eldin ...

, multiple people *

Ahmed Galal (politician) Ahmed Galal (born 1948) is an Egyptian economist and politician, who was appointed minister of finance in the interim government headed by Hazem Al Beblawi on 16 July 2013. Early life and education Galal was born in 1948. He received a bachelo ...

(born 1948), Egyptian economist * Ahmed al-Ghamdi (1979–2001), Saudi hijacker of

United Airlines Flight 175 United Airlines Flight 175 was a domestic passenger flight from Logan International Airport in Boston to Los Angeles International Airport in California that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as ...

* Ahmed al-Haznawi (1980–2001), Saudi hijacker of

United Airlines Flight 93 United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a feder ...

Ahmed Hulusi Ahmed Hulusi (born 1945 in Istanbul, Turkey) is an Islamic author from Turkey, whose works focus on philosophical and religious ideas. Biography He was born on 21 January 1945 in Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, and was named as Ahmed, meaning ‘highly ...

, Turkish writer and Sufi *

Ahmed Hussein (disambiguation) Ahmed Hussein is an Egyptian swimmer. It may also refer to * Ahmed Hussein (1905–1982), Egyptian politician *Ahmed Hussen (born 1976), a Canadian politician * Ahmed Hussain (minister) (1863–1950), Indian politician and businessman * Ahmed Hous ...

, multiple people *

Ahmed Hussen Ahmed Hussen (; born 1976) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, Hussen has also sat as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area riding of York South—Weston since the 2015 federal election. He pre ...

, Somali-Canadian lawyer * Ahmed Imamovic, Bosnian film director * * Ahmed Abu Ismail, Egyptian economist and politician * Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada (1929–2017), South African politician, political prisoner and anti-apartheid activist. *

Ahmed Khadr Ahmed Saïd Khadr (; March 1, 1948 – October 2, 2003) was an Egyptian-Canadian with alleged ties to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. His activity in Afghanistan began in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and he h ...

, Egyptian-Canadian senior associate and financier of al-Qaeda *

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Ahmad Raza Khan Baraylawi (14 June 1856–28 October 1921), known reverentially as A'la Hazrat, (Grand Master), was an Islamic scholar, mufti, polymath, gnostic, poet from (undivided) India, he is considered as the founder of the Barelvi move ...

Mujaddid A ''mujaddid'' () is an Islamic term for one who brings "renewal" () to the religion. According to the popular Muslim tradition, it refers to a person who appears at the turn of every century of the Islamic calendar to revitalize Islam, clean ...

of 14th century of Islam * Ahmed Köprülü, Ottoman Grand Vizier of the Köprülü family *

Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Lieutenant General Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (; born 12 July 1950) is the Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police & Public Security, Group Chairman of A.R.M. Holding and Dubai Real Estate Centre and Chairman of the Al Wasl FC club located in Du ...

, United Arab Emirati politician *

Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (; born 1 December 1958) is an Emirati businessman, politician and member of Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family, who is the current chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline and the Emirates Group, second vice chairm ...

, United Arab Emirati businessman * Ahmed M. Hassan, Somali politician * Ahmed Marei, Egyptian basketball coach and former player * Ahmed Mohiuddin,

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

Ahmed Musa Ahmed Musa (; born 14 October 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Kano Pillars in the NPFL and the Nigeria national team. Musa became the first Nigerian to score more than once in a FIFA Worl ...

, Nigerian footballer * Ahmed Naamani (born 1979), Lebanese footballer * Ahmed Nadeem, cricketer *

Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan (Arabic: أحمد بن سيف آل نهيان; born 7 November 1963) is a member of the Al Nahyan family in the United Arab Emirates and the founder and was the chairman of Etihad Airways. Early life, education, and ca ...

, founder and chairman of Etihad Airways * Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emirati businessman * Ahmed al-Nami (1977–2001), Saudi hijacker of

Ahmed Nazif Ahmed Nazif (, ; born 8 July 1952) served as the prime minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by President Hosni Mubarak in light of a popular uprising that led to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. N ...

(born 1952), Egyptian politician * Ahmed Nizam, Indian cricketer *

Ahmed Elmi Osman Ahmed Elmi Osman 'Karash' (, ) Ahmed Karaash is a former Vice President of Puntland from 8 January 2019 to 8 January 2024. Personal life Osman belongs to the Naleye Ahmed sub-subsection of the Mohamoud Garad branch of the Dhulbahante Harti ...

, Somali politician * Ahmed Patel, Indian politician * Ahmed Plummer, former NFL player *

Ahmed Rushdi Ahmed Rushdi (; 24 April 1934 – 11 April 1983) was a versatile Pakistani playback singer and was "an important contributor to the Cinema of Pakistan#The Golden Era (1959–1977), golden age of Pakistani film music". Regarded as one of the gr ...

, Pakistani singer *

, Egyptian politician * Ahmed Salim, Bangladeshi painter and murderer hanged in Singapore in 2024 * Ahmed bin Salman Al Saud, member of the royal family of Saudi Arabia * Ahmed Santos, Mexican newspaper columnist *

Ahmed Şerafettin Ahmed Şerafettin (1894–13 June 1933), colloquially known as Şeref Bey, was a Turkish football player and manager. Being one of the notable figures of Beşiktaş J.K., Şeref Bey was the first club captain and manager of the club, who coa ...

, Turkish football manager *

Ahmed al-Sharaa Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa (born 29 October 1982) also known by his ''nom de guerre'' Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander serving as the president of Syria since January 2025. He previously served as the coun ...

(born 1982), Syrian revolutionary, military commander, politician and current

President of Syria The president of Syria (), officially the president of the Syrian Arab Republic, is the head of state and head of government of Syria. The president directs the executive branch and serves as the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Army and Syrian ...

* Ahmed Sheikh, Palestinian journalist * Ahmed Talbi, Moroccan footballer *

Ahmed Kellow Ahmed Kellow is an Ethiopian businessman and academic. He served as CEO of Ethiopian Airlines and later Chairman of Coca-Cola Ethiopia. Early life Ahmed Kellow was born into a Harari family on September 12, 1944. He began his professional jour ...

, Ethiopian Businessman *

Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan (; 1889–1923) was a Turkish-born Saudi royal and government official who was one of the advisors to Abdulaziz, Emir of Nejd, who later founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was the paternal uncle of Iffat Al Th ...

(1889–1923), Turkish born Saudi royal *

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; 9 January 1922 – 26 March 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary ...

, African political leader and president of the Republic of Guinea *

Ahmed Yassin Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (; June 1936 – 22 March 2004) was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, an Islamist political and military organization. He also served as the first chairman of the Hamas Shura Council and ...

, former leader of Palestinian

Hamas The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...

* Ahmed Yesevi, leader of

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

mysticism * Ahmed H. Zewail, the winner of the 1999

Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry () is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outst ...

for his work on

femtochemistry Femtochemistry is the area of physical chemistry that studies chemical reactions on extremely short timescales (approximately 10−15 seconds or one femtosecond, hence the name) in order to study the very act of atoms within molecules (reactants ...

* Ahmed Bola Tinubu, President of Nigeria since 2023.

Ahmet

* Ahmet Akdilek (born 1988), Turkish cyclist * Ahmet Alkan, Turkish economist * Ahmet Almaz, Turkish journalist * Ahmet Bilek (1932–1971), Turkish Olympic champion * Ahmet Bozer (born 1960), Turkish business executive * Ahmet Cevdet, multiple people * Ahmet Cömert (1926–1990), Turkish amateur boxer, coach, referee, boxing judge and sports official *

Ahmet Davutoğlu Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the List of Prime Ministers of Turkey, 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice ...

(born 1959), Turkish politician and political scientist * Ahmet Dursun (born 1978), Turkish footballer *

Ahmet Enünlü Ahmet Enünlü (born July 3, 1948) is a world champion Turkish bodybuilder. Enünlü was the fore-runner and the most successful performer of this sport in Turkey. He became the WABBA overall world champion in 1977 and 1978. ...

(born 1948), Turkish bodybuilder *

Ahmet Burak Erdoğan Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (born 5 July 1979) is a Turkish businessman, the owner of MB Denizcilik, and the eldest son of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey. Personal life Ahmet Burak Erdoğan was born in Istanbul on 4 July 1979, the son ...

(born 1979), son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan *

Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun ( ; , ; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and championed many lead ...

(1923–2006), Turkish American founder and president of Atlantic Records * Ahmet Gülhan (born 1978), Turkish wrestler * Ahmet Haşim (1884–1933), Turkish writer * Ahmet Hromadžić (1923–2003), Bosnian writer *

Ahmet İsvan Ahmet İsvan (1923–2017) was a leftist Turkish politician. He served as the mayor of Istanbul between 1973 and 1977. He was among the pioneers of the municipal socialism in Turkey. Early life and education İsvan was born in Istanbul in 1923. ...

(1923–2017), Turkish politician *

Ahmet Kaya Ahmet Kaya (28 October 1957 – 16 November 2000) was a Turkish– Kurdish folk singer. Kaya was persecuted by Turkish nationalist celebrities and authorities. Kaya left Turkey in an act of self-exile, and moved to France, where he would shor ...

(1957–2000), Turkish–Kurdish folk singer *

Ahmet Mete Işıkara Ahmet Mete Işıkara (22 October 1941 – 21 January 2013) was a Turkish geophysicist and earthquake scientist known for his efforts to create public awareness of the need for earthquake-related protection and safety. Early years Işıkara ...

(1941–2013), Turkish seismologist * Ahmet İzzet Pasha (1864–1937), Ottoman general *

Ahmet Kaplan Ahmet Kaplan (born 1 January 2002) is a Turkish wheelchair tennis player who competes in the Wheelchair tennis classification#Classes, quad class of international level events. Career 2022 Kaplan started his wheelchair tennis career competin ...

(born 2002), Turkish wheelchair tennis player * Ahmet Kireççi (1914–1979), Turkish sports wrestler *

Ahmet Koç Ahmet Koç is a Turkish bağlama artist. Before the "Paradoks" He appeared and played bağlama with the female singer Şebnem Paker at Eurovision Song Contest 1997, in Dublin, where they represented Turkey and came in 3rd place. His previ ...

, Turkish musician *

Ahmet Köksal Ahmet Köksal (1920 – 24 January 1997) was a Turkish poet and writer. Early life and education Ahmet Köksal was born in Kızılkeçili a village of Çanakkale in 1920. He went to primary and middle school in Çanakkale and in 1936 went to t ...

, (1920–1997), Turkish poet and writer *

Ahmet Kuru Ahmet Kuru (born 23 April 1982) is a Turkish former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. After coming through SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen's youth system, he played for SV Wer ...

(born 1982), Turkish footballer * Ahmet Li (born 1991), Chinese-Turkish table tennis player *

Ahmet Öcal Ahmet Öcal (born 17 December 1979) is a Belgian footballer. In the past he played for K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen (1999–2003), Diyarbakırspor (2003–2005), Altay S.K. (2005) and K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel (2005–2008), before sig ...

(born 1979), Belgian footballer * Ahmet Örken (born 1993), Turkish cyclist * Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı (1936–2023), Turkish footballer * Ahmet Peker (born 1989), Turkish wrestler * Ahmet Rasim (1864–1932), Turkish writer and politician *

Ahmet Sağlam Ahmet Sağlam (born 9 May 1987), is a Turkish people, Turkish football (soccer), football player currently playing for VfB Oldenburg as a Defender (association football), defender. He previously played for Beylerbeyi S.K., Beylerbeyi, Eyüpspor ...

(born 1987), Turkish footballer *

Ahmet Necdet Sezer Ahmet Necdet Sezer (; born 13 September 1941) is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the tenth president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from January 1998 to May 2000. The ...

(born 1941), 10th President of the Republic of Turkey * Ahmet Burak Solakel (born 1982), Turkish footballer *

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (23 June 1901 – 24 January 1962) was a Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature. In addition to his literary and ...

(1901–1962), Turkish writer *

Ahmet Tren Ahmet Tren (born 3 February 1950) is a Turkish former Amateur wrestling, wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1950 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer ...

(born 1950), Turkish wrestler * Ahmet Fuat Tugay, known as

Hulusi Fuat Tugay Hulusi Fuat Tugay (1890–1967) was a Turkish military doctor and diplomat. During the Ottoman period he served in the former post and after the establishment of the Republic of Turkey he served in the latter post. He was the first Turkish diplom ...

(1890–1967), Turkish physician and diplomat *

Ahmet Türk Ahmet Türk (born 2 July 1942, in Derik, Turkey, Derik, Mardin Province, Mardin, Turkey) is a Kurds in Turkey, Kurdish politician from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party). He has been a member of the Grand National Assembly of T ...

(born 1942), Turkish politician *

Ahmet Fikri Tüzer Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (1878, Şumnu, Ottoman Empire, today Shumen in Bulgaria – 16 August 1942, Ankara) was a Turkish politician, who was a member of the Republican People's Party and the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey ...

(1878–1942), Turkish politician * Ahmet Uzel (1930–1998), Turkish composer * Ahmet Uzun, Turkish Cypriot politician *

Ahmet Ümit Ahmet Ümit (born September 30, 1960) is a Turkish author and poet. He is best known for his crime novels. Early years Ahmet Ümit was born in Gaziantep, in south-central Turkey, in 1960. His father was a kilim merchant and his mother a tailor. ...

(born 1960), Turkish author * Ahmet Üzümcü (born 1951), Turkish diplomat * Ahmet Vardar (1937–2010), Turkish journalist *

Ahmet Emin Yalman Ahmet Emin Yalman (14 May 1888 – 19 December 1972) was a Turkish Sabbatean (crypto-jew) journalist, publisher, professor and influential policy-advisor in the Republic of Turkey. He was a liberal and opposed the spread of the Nazi ideology in h ...

(1888–1972), Turkish journalist * Ahmet Yıldırım (born 1974), Turkish footballer * Ahmet Yıldız (born 1979), Turkish scientist *

Ahmet Zappa Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa (born May 15, 1974) is an American musician, writer, actor and trustee of the Zappa Family Trust. Early life Ahmet Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the third of four children born to musician Frank Zappa and ...

(born 1974), American musician, actor and novelist *

Ahmet Zogu Zog I (born Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 18959 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever Prime Minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as King ...

, King of Albania (1928–1939)

Other spellings

Achmad Jufriyanto Achmad Jufriyanto Tohir (born 7 February 1987 in Tangerang, Banten), commonly known as Jupe, is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung. Career statistics Club International goals ...

, Indonesian footballer * Achmad Nawir, Dutch East Indies footballer * Achmad Saba'a, Arab-Israeli footballer *

Achmad Soebardjo Achmad Soebardjo Djojoadisoerjo (23 March 1896 – 15 December 1978) was a diplomat, an Indonesian national hero, and the first foreign minister of Indonesia. Early life Achmad Soebardjo was born in Teluk Jambe, Karawang Regency, West Java, on ...

, Indonesian diplomat *

Achmat Dangor Achmat Dangor (2 October 1948 – 6 September 2020) was a South African writer, poet, and development professional. His most important works include the novels ''Kafka's Curse'' (1997) and '' Bitter Fruit'' (2001). He was also the author of thre ...

(1948–2020), South African writer, poet, and development professional * Achmat Hassiem (born 1982), South African Paralympic swimmer * Achmed Abdullah, Russian writer * Achmed Akkabi, Moroccan-Dutch presenter and actor * Achmet (oneiromancer), Occultist *

Ahmat Acyl Acyl Ahmat Akhabach (1944–1982) was a Chadian Arab rebel leader during the First Chadian Civil War. He was the head of the Democratic Revolutionary Council until his death in 1982, and served as the foreign minister of Chad under Goukouni Oue ...

, Chadian Arab insurgent leader * Ahmat Brahim, Chadian footballer * Ahmat Taboye, Chadian writer * Akhmed Avtorkhanov, Chechen leader *

Akhmad Kadyrov Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004) was a Chechen politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak ...

, First President of the Chechen Republic *

Akhmed Zakayev Akhmed Halidovich Zakayev (; ; born 26 April 1959) is a Chechen statesman, political and military figure of the unrecognised Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI). Having previously been a Deputy Prime Minister, he now serves as Prime Minister o ...

, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic * Ahmaud Arbery,

murder victim

People with the surname

Ahmad

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and '' Mahdī'', in fulfillment of th ...

(1835–1908), the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam * Alimuddin Ahmad (1884–1920), Bengali activist and revolutionary * Ekramuddin Ahmad (1872–1940), Bengali litterateur * Evin Ahmad (born 1990), Swedish actress of Kurdish descent *

Feroz Ahmad Feroz Ahmad (26 January 1938 – 20 February 2025) was a Turkish-American academic, historian, and political scientist who taught at different universities, including the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts University, Harvard University, ...

(1938–2025), Indian-born Turkish-American academic, historian and political scientist * Ismet Ahmad (1945–2023), Indonesian academic, bureaucrat and lecturer *

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (; 27 February 1919 – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the Minister of Commerce in the third Mujib Rahman ministry under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and assumed the presidency of Bangladesh after the A ...

(1918–1996), Bangladeshi politician *

Masud Ahmad Muhammad Masud Ahmad ( Urdu: محمد مسعود احمد), best known as Masood Ahmad, (16 November 1943 – 29 December 2018) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and ICTP laureate known for his work in dual resonance and Veneziano mo ...

(1943–2018), Pakistani theoretical physicist *

Nesaruddin Ahmad Nesaruddin Ahmad (; 1873 – 31 January 1952) was a Bengalis, Bengali Islamic scholar, spiritual reformer, educationist and writer. He was the main Khalifah (Sufism), disciple of Furfura Sharif's Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique in Bangladesh, eastern B ...

(1873–1952), Bengali Islamic scholar and Pir of Sarsina *

(born 1938), Indian academic and historian * Najm Hamad Al Ahmad (born 1969), Syrian politician *

Serajuddin Ahmad Serajuddin Ahmad was a Bengali politician. Early life and education Ahmad was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Krishnapur in the Midnapore district of the Bengal Presidency. Career Ahmad contested in the 1946 Bengal Legisla ...

, Bengali politician * Taha Othman Ahmad, known as Odetari (born 2000), American singer, record producer, and rapper *

Wali Ahmad Wali Ahmad (Pashto language, Pashtoولي احمد), known as Sandakai (Mulla), was a religious cleric, and reformer who was influential during the formation of Swat (princely state), Swat State. Early life and education Wali Ahmad was born at S ...

, Pakistani religious cleric and reformer

Ahmed

Abdel-Rahim Ahmed Abdel-Rahim Ahmed (1944–1991) was a Palestinian politician who was one of the founders of the Arab Liberation Front (ALF). He served as a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) executive committee. Biography Ahmed was born in ...

(1944–1991), Palestinian politician *

Abdel Rahim Ahmed Abdel Rahim Ahmed () is an Egyptian director and author, born in Egypt, graduated from the 6 October University, Faculty of Applied Arts, Department of Photography, Film and Television, and then studied film directing at the Arab School of Film ...

, Egyptian film director and author *

Akeela Ahmed Akeela Ahmed is a British activist who supports Muslim women and combats Islamophobia. She is the founder of the online platform She Speaks We Hear, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2018. Early life and educati ...

, British activist * Khan Bahadur Alfazuddin Ahmed, Bengali politician * Mohammad Alfaz Ahmed (born 1973), Bangladeshi footballer *

Anis Ahmed (disambiguation) Anis Ahmed (born 1973) is a Pakistani field hockey player. Anis Ahmed may also refer to: * Anis Ahmad (born 1944), Pakistani social scientist and educationist * Anis Ahmed (military officer) (born 1947), Pakistani military officer {{human ...

, multiple people *

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (13 May 1905 – 11 February 1977) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1974 to 1977. Born in Delhi, Ahmed studied in Delhi and Cambridge and was called to the bar from the Inner ...

(1905–1977), 5th President of India *

Ferdous Ahmed Ferdous Ahmed (born 7 June 1974) is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, and politician. He served as an MP representing the Dhaka-10 constituency. His work includes '' Hothat Brishti'' (1998), '' Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti'' (2003), '' Chan ...

, Bangladeshi actor *

Hafsa Ahmed Hafsa Ahmed is a New Zealand academic, and is a lecturer in the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at Lincoln University. In 2023, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to ethnic communities and women. ...

, lecturer and community worker in New Zealand * Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed, Queen of Kumbwada *

Luai Ahmed Luai Ahmed (; born September 5, 1993) is a Yemeni and Swedish journalist, columnist, and influencer. Ahmed is active on social media and is considered a critic of radical Islam and antisemitism in Islam. Ahmed is openly gay and considers himself ...

(born 1993), Yemen-born Swedish journalist, columnist, and influencer *

Nick Ahmed Nicholas Mark Ahmed (born March 15, 1990) is an American professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Die ...

(born 1990), American baseball player *

Qanta Ahmed Qanta A. Ahmed is a British-American physician who came to prominence as a doctor specializing in sleep disorders. She has also worked as an author, women's rights activist, journalist, and public commentator. Life and education Ahmed is the da ...

, British-American physician specializing in

sleep disorder A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder affecting an individual's sleep patterns, sometimes impacting physical, mental, social, and emotional functioning. Polysomnography and actigraphy are tests commonly ordered for diagnosing sle ...

s, and author, women's rights activist, journalist, and public commentator. *

Riz Ahmed Rizwan Ahmed (; born ) is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was name ...

(born 1982), British actor and rapper *

Rafiq Uddin Ahmed Rafiq Uddin Ahmed () (30 October 1926 – 21 February 1952) was a protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement that took place in East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) in 1952. He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh. Early life Ahmed ...

(1926–1952), demonstrator killed during Bengali Language Movement * Rafiuddin Ahmed, Indian Bengali dentist * Mohammed Ahmed, Ethiopian businessman

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Claire Achmad Claire Indrawati Achmad is a New Zealand lawyer, and is the Chief Children's Commissioner for New Zealand. Early life and education Achmad has a Pākehā mother and a Javanese father. She grew up in the Waitakere Ranges, and was educated at ...

, Chief Children's Commissioner in New Zealand * Taghmeda Achmat, also known as Midi Achmat, South African lesbian activist *

Zackie Achmat Abdurrazack "Zackie" Achmat (born 21 March 1962) is a South African activist and film director. He is a co-founder the Treatment Action Campaign and known worldwide for his activism on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. ...

(born 1962), South African activist and film director * Rosli Ahmat (1970–2002),

Singaporean Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, m ...

armed robber and murderer

Fictional characters

* Aĥmad, from ''

Malatily Bathhouse ''Malaṯily Bathhouse'' ( "Ĥamam al-Malaṯily") is a 1973 Egyptian film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It stars Shams al-Baroudi and Yusuf Shåban. The film is adapted from a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. Samar Habib, author of ''Female Homose ...

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Interpretations and meanings of Ahmad

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Ahmad passage

Scholarship regarding the Greek translation

Alleged historical document regarding the topic

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People with the given name

Ahmad

Ahmed

Ahmet

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People with the surname

Ahmad

Ahmed

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