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Using the term "modern" fairly loosely, this page covers kings and queens of countries outside Europe, since the Middle Ages. It includes Turkey!
| Succeeded his half–brother Fahd to the throne of Saudi Arabia in 2005; succeeded in 2015 by his half–brother Salman |
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Abdullah |
| More familiar name (literally meaning 'Tiger') for Zahīr ud–Dīn Muhammad – founder and first Emperor of the Mogul (Mughal) Empire in India, following his victory over Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526; descended from Timur (Tamerlane) through his father and Genghis Khan through his mother |
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Babur |
| King of Zululand 1873–83, rule threatened by British annexation of the Transvaal |
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Cetewayo |
| The fourth son of Ibn Saud to rule Saudi Arabia: succeeded his half–brother Khalid in 1982, succeeded in 2005 by his half–brother Abdullah in 2005 |
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Fahd |
| Last king of Egypt, overthrown by Nasser in 1952 |
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Farouk I |
| Born Temujin Borjigin, c. 1162; ruler of all Mongol people from 1206; "Founder of the Mongolian Empire"; began the conquest of China 1213; adopted name means "Perfect Warrior" |
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Genghis Khan |
| The last King of Nepal: ruled for 2 months 1950–1, aged 3, when his grandfather Tribhuvan fled to India; returned to the throne 2001 following the deaths of his brother Birendra and nephew Dipendra in the Royal Family massacre (which some believe he orchestrated); the monarchy was abolished in 2008 |
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Gyanendra |
Emperor of Ethiopia 1930–6 and 1941–74; one of the founders of the OAU; real name Tafari Makonnen;
also known as Ras Tafari or "the Lion of (the Tribe of) Judah"
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Haile Selassie |
| First King of Saudi Arabia (1932–53) |
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Ibn Saud |
| The last King of Libya – overthrown by Gaddafi in 1969 |
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Idris |
| Grandson of Genghis Khan; completed the Mongol conquest of China in 1240; established himself as emperor following the death of his brother Mungo in 1259; moved the capital to Beijing, founded the Yuan dynasty in 1271; Marco Polo entered his service in 1274 |
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Kublai Khan |
| Ottoman Sultan, 1444–46 and 1451–81: conquered Constantinople in 1453, aged 21, bringing the Byzantine Empire to an end; known as 'the Conqueror' |
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Mehmed II |
| Muslim rulers of India, 1526–1827 |
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(Great) Moguls |
| The last Shah of Iran (family name Pahlavi; deposed by a revolution in 1979) |
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Mohammad Reza |
| King of Siam, 1851–68 – portrayed in the musical The King and I (a.k.a. Rama IV) |
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Mongkut |
| Aztec ruler when Cortez conquered Mexico |
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Montezuma II |
| Second and last emperor of Brazil (reigned 1831–89) |
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Pedro II |
| 12th and final emperor of the Qing dynasty, and thus the last emperor of China (1908–12, and nominally for 12 days in 1917) |
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(Henry) Puyi |
| Succeeded his half–brother Abdullah to the throne of Saudi Arabia in 2015 |
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Salman |
| Ottoman emperor, 1520–66: known to the Turks as 'the Lawgiver' but in the West as 'the Magnificent' |
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Suleiman I |
| Mongol ruler of Samarkand, 1369–1405: last of the great nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe; conquered Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia; defeated the Golden Horde in 1395; sacked Delhi in 1398; invaded Syria and Anatolia; captured the Ottoman Sultan in Ankara in 1402; died invading China in 1405 |
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Timur I Leng (a.k.a. Tamerlane or Tamburlaine) |
| Emperor of Japan, 1926–89; now known in Japan as the Emperor Showa (originally the name of the period over which he reigned); reported in the West in 1946 to have renounced his divinity, although the true story is more complicated |
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Hirohito |
| Son of the above: succeeded his father in 1989 |
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Akihito |
| Son of the above: came to the throne in 2019 following his father's abdication |
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Naruhito |
Six sons of Ibn Saud (the country's founder) who have ruled Saudi Arabia:
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| 1953–64 | 1902 | 1969 |
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Saud |
King Saud was forced to abdicate in 1964 in favour of his more progressive brother Faisal.
| 1964–75 | 1906 | 1975 |
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Faisal |
King Faisal was assassinated (shot in the head from close range) in 1975 by his nephew Faisal bin Musaid, who was said by some to be "mentally deranged" but was nevertherless executed three months later.
| 1975–82 | 1913 | 1982 |
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Khalid |
| 1982–2005 | 1921 | 2005 |
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Fahd |
| 2005–15 | 1924 | 2015 |
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Abdullah |
| 2015– | 1935 |
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Salman |
| Atahualpa ( born c. 1502 – executed in 1533) was the last effective ruler of (people or empire) |
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Inca(s) |
| Faisal II, who was executed (murdered) in 1958 along with his family and servants, was the last king of |
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Iraq |
| Letsie III succeeded his father, who was forced into exile in 1990, as king of |
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Lesotho |
| Ruled since its foundation in the 1820s by the Al Thani family |
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Qatar |
| Mswati III succeeded his father Sobhuza II in 1986 as king of |
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Swaziland |
| Rama X succeeded his father Rama IX in 2016 as king of
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Thailand |
| Declared a constitutional monarchy in 1875, by Siaosi (George) Tupou I; all six kings have had the name Tupou (Tupou VI succeeded his elder brother George Tupou V in 2012) |
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Tonga |
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