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 |
|
Levon V |
King of Armenia |
1342 |
1374 |
1375 |
Deposed |
29 November 1393 |
|
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 |
|
|
Puyi |
Emperor of China |
7 February 1906 |
2 December 1908 |
12 February 1912 |
Abdicated |
17 October 1967 |
|
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Circassia |
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 |
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 |
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George VI |
Emperor of India |
14 December 1895 |
11 December 1936 |
26 January 1950 |
Republican constitution adopted |
6 February 1952 |
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Indonesia |
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) |
|
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 |
|
Kenesary Qasymov |
Kazakh Khan |
1802 |
1841 |
1847 |
Deposed |
1847 |
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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 |
Mahmud Barzanji |
King of Kurdistan |
1878 |
1921 |
1924 |
Deposed |
9 October 1956 |
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| Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate |
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 |
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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 |
|
Bogd Khan |
Great Khan |
1869 |
1911 |
20 May 1924 |
Death |
20 May 1924 |
|
Gyanendra |
King of Nepal |
7 July 1947 |
4 June 2001 |
28 May 2008 |
Republican constitution adopted |
living |
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Caucasian Imamate |
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 |
Shō Tai |
King of Ryūkyū |
3 August 1843 |
8 June 1848 |
11 March 1879 |
Deposed |
19 August 1901 |
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Sikkim |
Palden Thondup Namgyal |
Chogyal of Sikkim |
23 May 1923 |
2 December 1963 |
10 April 1975 |
Deposed |
29 January 1982 |
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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 |
|
Faisal I |
King of Syria |
14 January 1861 |
26 November 1919 |
24 July 1920 |
Deposed |
8 September 1933 |
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Tibet |
Tenzin Gyatso |
Dalai Lama of Tibet |
6 July 1935 |
22 February 1940 |
23 May 1951 |
Deposed |
living |
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Turkey |
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 |
|
Bảo Đại |
Emperor of Vietnam |
22 October 1913 |
8 January 1926 |
25 August 1945 |
Abdicated |
30 July 1997 |
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Yemen |
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