Khan Ahmad Khan Ardalan was the Ardalan beglerbeg (governor) of Kurdistan from 1617/18 to 1637.
[1][2] Before his tenure, he lived as a hostage at the royal court in Isfahan, where he spent his adolescence.
[3] There he reinforced the bond between the Safavids and Kurds by marrying Zarrin Kolah, a daughter of Shah Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).
[2][4] In 1617/18, Shah Abbas I dismissed Khan Ahmad Khan's father Halow Khan Ardalan as the governor of Kurdistan and had him sent to Isfahan, where he died in 1627/28.
He was replaced by his cousin Soleyman Khan Ardalan.