Ali ibn Ahmad
Ali ibn Ahmad ({{langx|ar|علي بن أحمد}}) was the ninth Emir of Crete, reigning from {{circa|943–949}}.
The surviving records on the internal history and rulers of the Emirate of Crete are very fragmentary. He is tentatively identified as a son of the seventh emir, Ahmad ibn Umar, and as the great-great-grandson of the conqueror of Crete and founder of the emirate, Abu Hafs Umar. He is believed to have reigned from {{circa|943}} to {{circa|949}}, succeeding his brother Shu'ayb, and being succeeded by his nephew, Shu'ayb's son, Abd al-Aziz.{{sfn|Miles|1964|pp=11–15}}{{sfn|Canard|1971|p=1085}}
He was possibly the ruler of Crete in 949, when a large-scale, seaborne Byzantine expedition was sent against Crete, only for it to be comprehensively defeated by the Cretan Saracens.{{sfn|Canard|1971|p=1084}}
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- {{EI2| title=Iḳrīṭis̲h̲ | first = M. | last = Canard | authorlink = Marius Canard | volume = 3 | pages = 1082–1086 | url = http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ikritish-COM_0358}}
- {{cite journal | doi = 10.2307/1291204 | title = Byzantium and the Arabs: Relations in Crete and the Aegean Area | first = George C. | last = Miles | journal = Dumbarton Oaks Papers | volume = 18 | year = 1964 | pages = 1–32 | jstor = 1291204 | doi-access = free }}
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{{s-aft|after=Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb}}
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Category:10th-century Arab people
Category:10th-century monarchs in Europe