Middle East and North Africa
- Abu Dhabi –
- Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
- Muhammad bin Shakhbut, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1816–1818)
- Algeria (under nominal Ottoman suzerainty) – Omar Agha, Dey of Algiers (1815–1817)
- Bahrain – Shiekh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (1796–1825)
- Egypt – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805–1848)
- Kel Ahaggar – Ag Mama ag Sidi, Ruler of Kel Ahaggar (1790–1830)
- Kuwait – Sheikh Jabir ibn Abdullah Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1814–1859)
- Lebanon – Bashir ibn al-Qasim ibn Umar, Emir of Lebanon (1801–1821)
- Morocco – Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792–1822)
- Oman – Sa'id II ibn Sultan, Sultan of Oman (1804–1856)
- Persia – Fath Ali Shah Qajar, King of Persia (1797–1834)
- Tripoli – Yusuf ibn Ali Karamanli, Pasha of Tripoli (1795–1832)
- Tunis (under Ottoman suzerainty) – Mahmud, Bey of Tunis (1814–1824)
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