Middle East and North Africa
- Kingdom of Cyprus -
- Hugh IV (1324–1359)
- Peter I (1359–1369)
- Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt - Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan (1354–1361)
- Ottoman Empire -
- Orhan I, Bey of the Ottoman Empire (1326–1359)
- Murad I, Bey of the Ottoman Empire (1359–1389)
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