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Yohannes IV
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Yohannes IV

แ‹ฎแˆแŠ•แˆต (Kassa Mercha)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
1837 โ€“ 1889 (51 years old)

Emperor of Ethiopia (1872โ€“1889) who staunchly defended Ethiopian sovereignty against Egyptian expansionism, Italian colonial incursions, and Sudanese Mahdist invasions, dying heroically on the battlefield of Gallabat.

Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Mohammed IV of Morocco
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Mohammed IV of Morocco

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุฑุงุจุน ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู†
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1803 โ€“ 1873 (70 years old)

Alaouite Sultan of Morocco (1859โ€“1873) who defended national sovereignty in the 1859โ€“1860 Hispano-Moroccan War, created the first modern Moroccan standing army, and modernized royal estates.

Rissani, Morocco
King Mongkut (Rama IV)
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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King Mongkut (Rama IV)

เธžเธฃเธฐเธšเธฒเธ—เธชเธกเน€เธ”เน‡เธˆเธžเธฃเธฐเธˆเธญเธกเน€เธเธฅเน‰เธฒเน€เธˆเน‰เธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธซเธฑเธง
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam)
1804 โ€“ 1868 (63 years old)

Fourth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty of Siam who embraced modern Western science and diplomacy to preserve Siamese independence from European colonial powers, celebrated as the Father of Thai Science.

Bangkok, Thailand
King Mongkut
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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King Mongkut

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Mongkut (Rama IV)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
1804 โ€“ 1868 (63 years old)

Fourth monarch of Siam (1851โ€“1868), scholarly Buddhist reformer and astronomer who opened Siam to modern science and international diplomacy, accurately calculated the total solar eclipse of 1868, and laid the foundations for Siamese modernization.

Bangkok, Thailand
Said Pasha
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
16
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Said Pasha

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุณุนูŠุฏ ุจุงุดุง
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1822 โ€“ 1863 (40 years old)

Wali of Egypt from 1854 to 1863 who abolished internal tariffs, granted Egyptian fellahin private landownership rights through the Sa'idiya Law, and approved the construction of the Suez Canal.

Cairo, Egypt
Queen Ranavalona I
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
37
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Queen Ranavalona I

Ranavalona I (Ramavo)
๐ŸŒ Madagascar
c. 1778 โ€“ 1861 (83 years old)

Sovereign Queen of Madagascar (1828โ€“1861) who fiercely preserved Madagascar's political, cultural, and economic independence for thirty-three years, repelling French and British naval bombardments and establishing indigenous industrial manufacturing.

Antananarivo, Madagascar
Ahmed I Bey
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
14
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Ahmed I Bey

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจุงูŠ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1805 โ€“ 1855 (49 years old)

Tenth Husainid Bey of Tunis (1837โ€“1855) who made world history by officially abolishing slavery across Tunisia in January 1846, founding the Bardo Military Academy, and modernizing state institutions.

Tunis, Tunisia
Yusuf Pasha Karamanli
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
9
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Yusuf Pasha Karamanli

ูŠูˆุณู ุจุงุดุง ุงู„ู‚ุฑู‡ ู…ุงู†ู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya
1766 โ€“ 1838 (72 years old)

Formidable Pasha of Tripoli (1795โ€“1832) who declared the First Barbary War against the United States in 1801, captured the USS Philadelphia frigate, and fortified Tripoli harbor against naval bombardments.

Tripoli, Libya
Yusuf Karamanli
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Yusuf Karamanli

ูŠูˆุณู ุจุงุดุง ุงู„ู‚ุฑู‡ ู…ุงู†ู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya
c. 1766 โ€“ 1838 (72 years old)

Powerful Pasha of Tripoli (1795โ€“1832) who ruled during the First Barbary War against the United States, captured the USS Philadelphia in 1803, and expanded Libyan hegemony across the Sahara to Chad.

Tripoli, Libya
Radama I
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Radama I

Radama I (Radama the Great)
๐ŸŒ Madagascar
c. 1793 โ€“ 1828 (35 years old)

First monarch of the unified Kingdom of Madagascar (1810โ€“1828) acclaimed as 'Radama the Great', who modernized the Malagasy army with European firearms, outlawed the transatlantic slave trade, and established the Latin alphabet for the Malagasy language.

Antananarivo, Madagascar
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