Middle East and North Africa
- Alawi -
- Algeria – Baba Ali Bou-Seba, Dey of Algiers (1754–1766)
- Baban - Sulaiman Pasha, ruler of Baban (1754–1765)
- Baku - Mirza Muhammad Khan, Khan of Baku (1747–1768)
- Erevan -
- Ganja - Shah Wardi Khan, Khan of Ganja (1747–1761)
- Imereti - Solomon I, King of Imereti (1752–1766)
- Kathiri -
- Karabakh Khanate - Panah Khan Ali Bey, Khan of Karabakh (1747–1761)
- Kazi-Kumukh - Muhammad-Khan
- Kel Ahaggar -
- Kuwait - Sabah I bin Jaber, Sheikh of Kuwait (1752–1764)
- Lahej -
- Mazandaran - Karim Khan
- Morocco – Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790)
- Mukriyan -
- Nakhichevan - Heydargulu Khan, Khan of Nakhichevan (1747–1787)
- Oman - Abu Hilal Ahmad bin Said, Emir of Oman (1744–1783)
- Persia - Shahrukh Afshar, King of Persia (1750–1760)
- Quba - Fath 'Ali Khan, Khan of Qaba (1758–1789)
- Qusantina - Ahmed Bey ben Ali el Kolli, Bey of Qusantina (1756–1771)
- Qutqashem -
- Racha - Rostom, Duke of Racha (1750–1769)
- Ras al-Khaimah - Matar bin Rahma al-Qasimi
- Sarab -
- Saudi State - Muhammad ibn Saud, Prince of the Saudi State (1744–1765)
- Sharjah - Sheikh Rashid bin Matar bin Rahma Al Qasimi, Emir of Sharjah (1727–1777)
- Shaki Khanate -
- Haji Chalabi Khan, Khan of Shaki (1743–1759)
- Aghakishi Beg, Khan of Shaki (1759–1761)
- Shirvan Khanate - Muhammad 'Ali Khan, Khan of Shirvan (1748–1763)
- Talysh - Jamaladdin, Khan of Talysh (1747–1785)
- Tunis -
- Muhammad I ar-Rashid, Bey of Tunis (1756–1759)
- Ali II ibn Hussein, Bey of Tunis (1759–1782)
- Yemen - Al-Mahdi Abbas, Imam of Yemen (1748–1775)
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