| Ahmad Ghaffari Qazvini | |
| Birth Place: | Qazvin, Iran |
| Death Date: | 1568 |
| Death Place: | Debal |
| Occupation: | Scribe and historian |
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| Relatives: | Mohammad Ghaffari (father) Abd-al-Ghaffar (paternal grandfather) |
Ahmad Ghaffari Qazvini (fa|احمد غفاری قزوینی: died 1568) was a scribe and historian in Safavid Iran, who composed two Persian universal histories, the and .
A native of Qazvin, Ahmad Ghaffari belonged to a distinguished lineage, known for their roles as scholars and officials. His family was descended from Najm al-Din al-Qazwini al-Katibi (died 1266), a prominent scholar of the Shafi'i school in Sunni Islam. Ahmad Ghaffari's paternal grandfather Abd-al-Ghaffar served as the army judge (qazi-e mo'askar) under the Aq Qoyunlu. Ahmad Ghaffari's father Mohammad Ghaffari (died 1525) held the office of chief judge of Ray during the reign of Shah Ismail I, and was also a cousin of Qazi Isa Savaji (died 1491), a distinguished vizier of the Aq Qoyunlu.
Ahmad Ghaffari began his career under Shah Tahmasp I as a court scribe but soon found himself working for the latters younger brother Sam Mirza. In 1552, Ahmad Ghaffari composed the and dedicated it to Shah Tahmasp I. In 1563/64, he composed the, which was also dedicated to Shah Tahmasp I. Ahmad Ghaffari traveled to the Hijaz on a pilgrimage later in Shah Tahmasp I's reign. He traveled to Mughal India in 1568 from the Hijaz, but died in Debal, a port city in the Sindh region near present-day Karachi in Pakistan.