Asia
- Afghanistan – Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772–1793)
- Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin I, Sultan of Brunei (1762–1795)
- China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
- Japan
- Monarch – Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780–1817)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760–1786)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Boku, King of Ryūkyū (1752–1795)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Jeongjo, King of Joseon (1776–1800)
- Khorasan - Shahrukh Afshar, Ruler of Khorasan (1750–1796)
- Las Bela - Mir Khan I, ruled 1776-1818
- Persia - Sadiq Khan Zand, Shah of Persia (1779–1781)
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“Incarnate devil in a talking snake,
The central plains of Asia in his garden,
In shaping-time the circle stung awake,
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