Middle East and North Africa
- Abdalwadid Kingdom - Abu Hammu III (1517–1527)
- Yemen - Amar ben Da'ud (1517–1526)
- Iran (Safavid Dynasty) - Ismail I (1502–1524)
- Imereti - Bagrat III (1510–1565)
- Oman - Muhammad bin Ismail, Iman of Oman (1500–1529)
Read more about this topic: List Of State Leaders In 1521
Famous quotes containing the words middle, east, north and/or africa:
“Radicalism is the opium of the middle class.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.”
—Philip Guedalla (1889–1944)
“The pure products of America go crazy—mountain folk from Kentucky or the ribbed north end of Jersey with its isolate lakes and valleys, its deaf-mutes, thieves.”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
“I have a fair amount of faith that women won’t sit back and allow South Africa to become a totally male-dominated new society. The women in South Africa have shown that they are strong, and I think they will make their voices heard.”
—Paula Hathorn (b. c. 1962)