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Ahmad Yasawi

Ahmad Yasawi (Қожа Ахмет Ясауи, 1093–1166) was a Turkic Sufi poet of Central Asia, founder of Turkic-language Sufi poetry and author of the Diwani Hikmat.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (born 1953, Bagan Datuk) is Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Rural and Regional Development Minister since 2022, UMNO president since 2018, BN chairman, and MP for Bagan Datuk since 1995; his 47 graft charges were discharged in 2023.

Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi

Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi (أحمد زكي أبو شادي) was an Egyptian Romantic poet, physician, and bacteriologist who founded the pioneering Cairo poetry journal Apollo, published 1932 to 1934.

Ahmad Zaki Pasha

Ahmad Zaki Pasha (أحمد زكي باشا) was an Egyptian philologist and official who served as secretary-general of the Council of Ministers from 1911 to 1921.

Sep 24, 2026

Ahmad Zayni Dahlan

Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (أحمد زيني دحلان) was a Shafi'i jurist and historian who served as mufti of Mecca under the Ottomans from 1871 until his death in 1886.

Ahmad-i Jam

Ahmad-i Jam (احمد جام), nicknamed Zhanda-pil, was a Sunni Sufi saint of Khurasan under the Seljuks whose shrine at Turbat-i Jam has drawn patronage for nine centuries.

Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light

The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light is a Shia-derivative new religious movement founded in 2015, led by Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq and headquartered in England.

Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya is a Muslim messianic movement founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, India, whose followers regard him as the Promised Messiah and Mahdi.

Ahmadiyya Caliphate

The Ahmadiyya Caliphate, or Ahmadiyya Khilafat, is the spiritual leadership institution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, established in 1908 with five Caliphs, the fifth being Mirza Masroor Ahmad.

Ahmadnagar Sultanate

The Ahmadnagar Sultanate (نظام شاہی سلطنت), the Nizam Shahi kingdom of the Deccan, was founded by Malik Ahmad in 1490 and annexed by the Mughal Empire in 1636.

Ahmadou Ahidjo

Ahmadou Ahidjo (Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo) was a Cameroonian statesman who served as the first president of Cameroon, from independence in 1960 until his resignation in 1982.

Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo

Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo (Ahmadou Alhaminou Mohamed Lô), Senegalese economist and former BCEAO Secretary General, appointed Prime Minister of Senegal on 25 May 2026 by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, replacing Ousmane Sonko; previously Secretary-General of the Government and Minister of State for Sénégal 2050.

Ahmadou Kourouma

Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003) was an Ivorian novelist who wrote in French reshaped by his mother tongue, Malinké; his 1968 debut was Les soleils des indépendances.

Oct 21, 2026

Ahmadpur East

Ahmadpur East (Ahmadpur Sharqia) is a city and tehsil headquarters in Bahawalpur District, southern Punjab, Pakistan, founded in 1748 by Ahmed Khan; 196,618 city residents at the 2023 census, on the Sutlej near the Cholistan Desert.

Ahmadreza Ahmadi

Ahmadreza Ahmadi (احمدرضا احمدی; 1940–2023) was an Iranian poet, playwright, and children's author, founder of the New Wave movement in Persian poetry who published more than 23 poetry collections.

Ahmadu Bello

Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto (1909–1966), first Premier of Northern Nigeria and leader of the Northern People's Congress; great-great-grandson of Usman dan Fodio, architect of northernisation, killed in the January 1966 coup.

Oct 20, 2026

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria: federal tertiary teaching hospital of Ahmadu Bello University, founded as the Institute of Health in 1968, moved to Shika in 1999, 650 beds, led by Prof. Ahmed Umadagas Hamidu.

Ahmadu Rufai

Ahmadu Rufai was Sultan of Sokoto, head of the Sokoto Caliphate in what is now northern Nigeria, from 1867 to 1873, when the caliphate reached its greatest extent.

Sep 24, 2026

Ahmadu Seku

Ahmadu Seku (Ahmad al-Kabir, also written Amadu Sheku) was the son and successor of Umar Tal who ruled the Tukulor state from Segu until the French conquest of 1893.

Sep 24, 2026

Ahmadu Tall

Ahmadu Tall, son and successor of al-hajj Umar Tall, ruled the Umarian state from his capital Segu, which French forces under Louis Archinard took in 1890.

Sep 27, 2026

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, born 1967, is a Nigerian politician who has served as Governor of Adamawa State since 2019 and was acting governor in 2014.

Ahmadullah Shah

Ahmadullah Shah (अहमदउल्लाह शाह), known as the Maulvi of Faizabad, was a Muslim scholar and rebel commander who led forces in the 1857 Indian Rebellion.

Oct 21, 2026

Ahmakiq Undae

Ahmakiq Undae is an IAU-approved dune field (unda) on Titan, 812 km across, centered at 2.22°N, 202.70°W, approved April 13, 2026 and named for a Mayan deity who locks up crop-destroying winds, unlike the Greek-wind-named undae.

Ahman Green

Ahman Green (born 1977), American football running back from Omaha; Nebraska 1995/97 national champion, Packers all-time leading rusher with 8,322 yards, 9,205 NFL rushing yards, Packers Hall of Fame 2014.

Oct 21, 2026

Ahmar Mountains

Ahmar Mountains: mountain range of the Ethiopian Highlands in eastern Oromia, Ethiopia; also called Chercher. Average elevation 2,965 m; highest peak Gara Muleta 3,381 m; east-west chain toward the Gulf of Aden.