List of the last monarchs in Asia

This is a list of last monarchs of Asia.

Nation / territory

Monarch

Title

Birth

Ruled from

Rule ceased

Reason

Death

Arms
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Mohammed Zahir Shah

King of Afghanistan

15 October 1914

8 November 1933

17 July 1973

Deposed

23 July 2007
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Armenia
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Levon V

King of Armenia

1342

1374

1375

Deposed

29 November 1393
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Thibaw Min

King of Burma

1 January 1859

1 October 1878

29 November 1885

Deposed

19 December 1916
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Elizabeth II

Queen of Ceylon

21 April 1926

6 February 1952

22 May 1972

Republican constitution adopted

8 September 2022
Coat_of_Arms_Ceylon_dominion.svg
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Puyi

Emperor of China

7 February 1906

2 December 1908

12 February 1912

Abdicated

17 October 1967
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Circassia
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Gerandiqo Berzeg

Thamade

1804

13 June 1860

21 May 1864

Deposed

1881
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Fuad II

King of Egypt and the Sudan

16 January 1952

26 July 1952

18 June 1953

Deposed

living
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Hejaz
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Hussein Bin Ali

King of Hejaz

1 May 1854

10 June 1916

3 October 1924

Deposed

4 June 1931
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Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom

21 April 1926

6 February 1952

1 July 1997

Handover of Hong Kong

8 September 2022
Coat_of_arms_of_Hong_Kong_(1959–1997).svg
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George VI

Emperor of India
King of India

14 December 1895

11 December 1936

26 January 1950

Republican constitution adopted

6 February 1952
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Indonesia
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Juliana

Queen of the Netherlands

30 April 1909

4 September 1948

27 December 1949

Decolonization

20 March 2004
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Shahanshah of Iran

26 October 1919

16 September 1941

11 February 1979

Deposed

27 July 1980
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Faisal II

King of Iraq

2 May 1935

4 April 1939

14 July 1958

Executed

14 July 1958
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George VI

King of the United Kingdom

14 December 1895

11 December 1936

14 May 1948

End of the British Mandate

6 February 1952
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Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia)
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George XII

King of all Georgia, King of all Kartli, Kakheti and all the other lands

10 November 1746

11 January 1798

28 December 1800

Death

28 December 1800
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Kenesary Qasymov

Kazakh Khan

1802

1841

1847

Deposed

1847
Seal_of_Kenesary_Khan.svg
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Sunjong

Emperor of Korea

25 March 1874

20 July 1907

29 August 1910

Abdicated

24 April 1926
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Kurdistan
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Mahmud Barzanji

King of Kurdistan

1878

1921

1924

Deposed

9 October 1956
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| Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate
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Ormon Khan

Khan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate

1792

1842

1854

Executed

1854
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Sisavang Vatthana

King of Laos

13 November 1907

29 October 1959

2 December 1975

Deposed

13 May 1978
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Muhammad Fareed Didi

Sultan of the Maldives

11 January 1901

7 March 1954

11 November 1968

Republican constitution adopted

27 May 1969
Emblem_of_Maldives.svg
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Aisin Gioro Puyi

Emperor of Manchukuo

7 February 1906

9 March 1932

15 August 1945

Abdicated

17 October 1967
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Mongolia
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Bogd Khan

Great Khan

1869

1911

20 May 1924

Death

20 May 1924
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Gyanendra

King of Nepal

7 July 1947

4 June 2001

28 May 2008

Republican constitution adopted

living
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Caucasian Imamate
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Shamil

Imam of Chechnya and Dagestan

26 June 1797

12 September 1834

25 August 1859

Deposed

4 February 1871
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Elizabeth II

Queen of Pakistan

21 April 1926

6 February 1952

23 March 1956

Republican constitution adopted

8 September 2022
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Nicholas II

Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias

18 May 1868

1 November 1894

15 March 1917

Abdicated

17 July 1918
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Ryukyu
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Shō Tai

King of Ryūkyū

3 August 1843

8 June 1848

11 March 1879

Deposed

19 August 1901
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Sikkim
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Palden Thondup Namgyal

Chogyal of Sikkim

23 May 1923

2 December 1963

10 April 1975

Deposed

29 January 1982
Seal_of_Sikkim.svg
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Putra

King of Malaysia

25 November 1920

21 September 1960

9 August 1965

Republican constitution adopted

16 April 2000
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Syria
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Faisal I

King of Syria

14 January 1861

26 November 1919

24 July 1920

Deposed

8 September 1933
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Tibet
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Tenzin Gyatso

Dalai Lama of Tibet

6 July 1935

22 February 1940

23 May 1951

Deposed

living
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Turkey
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Mehmed VI

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

14 January 1861

3 July 1918

1 November 1922

Monarchy abolished

16 May 1926
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Vietnam
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Bảo Đại

Emperor of Vietnam

22 October 1913

8 January 1926

25 August 1945

Abdicated

30 July 1997
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Yemen
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Muhammad al-Badr

King of the Muttawakilite Kingdom of Yemen

15 February 1926

19 September 1962

1 December 1970

Deposed

6 August 1996
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See also

  • Monarchies in Asia
  • List of the last monarchs in Africa
  • List of the last monarchs in the Americas
  • List of the last monarchs in Europe
  • List of the last monarchs in Oceania

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