Middle East and North Africa
- Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Said, Governor of Egypt (1854–1863)
- Morocco -
- Abderrahmane, Sultan of Morocco (1822–1859)
- Mohammed IV, Sultan of Morocco (1859–1873)
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