Middle East and North Africa
- Morocco – Al-Mostadi, Sultan of Morocco (1738–1740)
- Persia – Nader Shah, Shah of Persia (1736–1747)
- Tunis – Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735–1756)
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—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
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