Ahmad Shah III

Ghiyas-ud-Din Ahmad Shah III, born Ahmad Khan was a sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty who nominally reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom in India from 1554 to 1561 though true powers were exerted by his nobles who had divided the kingdom between themselves. He was assassinated by one of his nobles.

For other peoples of the same name, see Ahmad Shah.
Ahmad Shah III
13th Sultan of Gujarat
Reign1554 - 1561 (nominal)
PredecessorMahmud Shah III
SuccessorMuzaffar Shah III
Died1561
Ahmedabad
Names
Ghiyas-ud-Din Ahmad Shah
DynastyMuzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat
ReligionIslam
Gujarat Sultanate
Muzaffarid dynasty
  • Muzaffar Shah I (1407–1411)
  • Ahmad Shah I (1411–1442)
  • Muhammad Shah II (1442–1451)
  • Ahmad Shah II (1451–1458)
  • Daud Shah (1458)
  • Mahmud Begada (1458–1511)
  • Muzaffar Shah II (1511–1526)
  • Sikandar Shah (1526)
  • Mahmud Shah II (1526)
  • Bahadur Shah (1526–1535, 1536–1537)
  • Miran Muhammad Shah I (1537)
  • Mahmud Shah III (1537–1554)
  • Ahmad Shah III (1554–1561)
  • Muzaffar Shah III (1561–1573, 1584)
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