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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

الشيخ خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
1948 – 2022 (73 years old)

Second President of the United Arab Emirates and 16th Ruler of Abu Dhabi (2004–2022), who guided the federation's economic modernization, managed the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority sovereign fund, and for whom the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa, was named.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
🇬🇷 Greece
1921 – 2021 (99 years old)

Royal consort of Queen Elizabeth II for seventy-three years—the longest-serving consort of any British monarch—who served with distinction as a Royal Navy officer in World War II, founded the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and championed wildlife conservation.

Windsor, United Kingdom
Queen Fatimah el-Sharif
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Queen Fatimah el-Sharif

الملكة فاطمة الشريف
🇱🇾 Libya
1911 – 2009 (98 years old)

Beloved and sole Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969), daughter of anti-colonial hero Sayyid Ahmad Sharif and wife of King Idris I, celebrated for founding the Libyan Red Crescent and championing girls' schools.

Cairo, Egypt
Moshoeshoe II
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
50
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Moshoeshoe II

Constantine Bereng Seeiso
🌐 Lesotho
1938 – 1996 (57 years old)

First King of independent Lesotho (reigned 1966–1990 and 1995–1996) who fought courageously for constitutional democracy, human rights, and the preservation of Basotho national dignity against authoritarian regimes and apartheid pressure.

Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho
King Idris I
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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King Idris I

الملك إدريس الأول
🇱🇾 Libya
March 12, 1889 – May 25, 1983 (94 years old)

Foundational Libyan monarch and leader of the Senussi order who unified Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan into the independent United Kingdom of Libya in 1951 under United Nations auspices, guiding the country into the modern era.

Medina, Saudi Arabia
King Idris I of Libya
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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King Idris I of Libya

إدريس الأول السنوسي (ملك ليبيا)
🇱🇾 Libya
1889 – 1983 (94 years old)

First and only King of the United Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969), leader of the Senussi Sufi order, who proclaimed Libyan independence on December 24, 1951, uniting Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan.

Medina, Saudi Arabia
Sobhuza II
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Sobhuza II

Nkhotfotjeni (Sobhuza II)
🇸🇿 Swaziland
1899 – 1982 (83 years old)

Paramount Chief and King of Swaziland (reigned 1899–1982) whose eighty-two-year reign is the longest verifiably documented in recorded world history, leading his nation to peaceful independence from the British Empire in 1968.

Lobamba, Eswatini
Ayub Khan
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
55
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Ayub Khan

محمد ایوب خان
🇵🇰 Pakistan
1907 – 1974 (66 years old)

Second President of Pakistan and its first military ruler, who seized power in the 1958 coup, introduced Basic Democracies, industrialized Pakistan's economy, and constructed the capital city of Islamabad.

Haripur (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan
Mohammed V of Morocco
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
52
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Mohammed V of Morocco

محمد الخامس بن يوسف
🇲🇦 Morocco
1909 – 1961 (51 years old)

Sultan and King of Morocco revered as the 'Father of the Nation', who heroically protected Moroccan Jews from the Vichy Nazi regime, demanded full sovereignty in the 1947 Tangier Speech, and led the Revolution of the King and the People to triumph in 1956.

Rabat, Morocco
Moncef Bey
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Moncef Bey

المنصف باي (محمد المنصف)
🇹🇳 Tunisia
1881 – 1948 (67 years old)

Beloved patriotic Bey of Tunis who boldly supported the Neo-Destour independence movement, refused Vichy anti-Jewish laws during Nazi occupation, and was unjustly deposed by France in 1943.

Tunis, Tunisia
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