Ahmad Riayat Shah of Johor

Paduka Sri Sultan ‘Ahmad I Ri’ayat Shah Zilu’llah fil’Alam Khalifat ul-Muminin ibni al-Marhum Sultan ‘Abdu’l Jalil (1752–1770) was the 16th Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Johor and Pahang and their dependencies who reigned from 1761 to 1770.^{[citation needed]}

Ahmad Riayat Shah أحمد رعاية شاه
Sultan of Johor
Reign	1761–1770
Predecessor	Abdul Jalil Muazzam Shah
Successor	Mahmud Shah III
Born	1752
Died	1770 Kuala Selangor
Burial	Batangan, Riau
House	Bendahara dynasty
Father	Abdul Jalil Muazzam Shah
Religion	Sunni Islam

He was the elder son of the 13th Sultan of Johor, Abdul Jalil Muazzam Shah by his second wife, Tengku Puteh binti Daeng Chelak, third daughter of Yamtuan Muda of Riau, Daeng Chelak. He became sultan on the death of his father on January 29, 1761 and was crowned in February 1761 at the age of nine. Because of his young age at the time of his ascension, Ahmad Riayat Shah reigned under a Council of Regency. He died of poisoning in 1770, possibly by a Bugis chief, at Bulang, Riau and was buried in Batangan.^{[citation needed]}

He was succeeded by his younger brother, Mahmud Shah III.