Ahmad was born in 1890 to a Bengali zamindar family in the village of Harbang in Cox's Bazar subdivision, Chittagong District, Bengal Presidency.
He was awarded the title of Khan Bahadur by the British administration for his years of service to the community and for being a prominent landlord.
[2] Ahmad became active in politics in the mid-1930s and was invited to join the cabinet of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.
Ahmed's grandson Abdul Muqtadir Khan (Babu) was the chairman of GEC (General Electric Company) Bangladesh and a chartered accountant from England and Wales.
[citation needed] He died in 1958 in Dacca, East Bengal and is buried at the Azimpur Graveyard.