Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
- Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856–1884)
- Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
- Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
- Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855–1868)
- Liberia - Daniel Bashiel Warner, President of Liberia (1864–1868)
- Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853–1895)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph - Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859–1866)
- Grand Vizier - Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856–1870)
- Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)
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