Middle East and North Africa
- Abu Dhabi - Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Shaikh (1855–1909)
- Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (Under Ottoman suzerainty)- Isma'il Pasha, Khedive (1867–1879)
- Sultanate of Morocco (Alaouite dynasty) - Hassan I (1873–1894)
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman - Turki ibn Sa'id (1871–1888)
- Persia (Qajar dynasty) - Nasir ed-Din, Shah (1848–1896)
- Beylik of Tunis (under Ottoman suzerainty)- Muhammad III as-Sadiq(1859–1882)
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