Africa
- Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
- Cameroon (Bamum people) - Mengap (1498–1519)
- Empire of Ethiopia - Dawit II (1508–1540)
- Kingdom of Kano - Muhammad Kisoki (1509–1565)
- Kingdom of Kongo - Alfonso I (1509–1542)
- Kingdom of Mutapa - Chikuyo Chisamarengu (1494-C. 1530)
- Kingdom of Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/1534)
- Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
- Warsangali Sultanate - Gerad Liban (1503–1525)
- Wolof Empire - Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)
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