List of Heads of State 879

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Africa

• Egypt
  • Ruler : Ahmad ibn Tulun (868–884)
• Aghlabids
  • Emir : Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm II. (875-902)
• Idrisids in Morocco
  • Imam : Ali II. Ibn Umar (866 – ca. 885)
• Rustamids
  • Imam : Muhammad ibn Aflah (874-894)

Asia

• Bagan
  • King : Pyinbya (874–906)

• Champa
  • King : Indravarman II (854–898)

• China
  • Emperor : Tang Xizong (873-888)

• India
  • Eastern Chalukya
    • King : Vijayaditya III. (849-892)
  • Chola
    • King : Vijayalaya (848-881)
  • Pala
    • King : Narayanapala (854–908)
  • Pallava
    • King : Nirupathungan (850–882)
  • Pandya
    • King : Varagunavarman II (862–880)
  • Pratihara
    • King : Samrat Mihir Bhoja Mahan (836-885)
  • Rashtrakuta
    • King : Krishna II Akalavarsha (878-914)

• Iran
  • Saffarids
    • Ruler : Abu Jusuf Jaqub (861–879)
    • Ruler: Abu Hafs Amr (879-900)
  • Samanids
    • Ruler : Nasr I (874-892)

• Japan
  • Emperor : Yōzei (876-884)

• Khmer
  • King : Indravarman I (877-890)

• Korea
  • Balhae
    • King : Myungjong Kyung (871–894)
  • Silla
    • King : Heongang (875-886)

• Caliphate of the Muslims
  • Caliph : al-Mu'tamid (870-892)

• Mataram
  • King : Kayuwangi (850–898)

• Nanzhao
  • King : Meng Longshun (877-897)

• Tao-Klardschetien
  • Kuropalat : David I. (876-881)

Europe

• Bulgaria
  • Khan : Boris I (852-889)

• Byzantine Empire
  • Emperor : Basil I (867-886)

• England
  • Jórvík
    • King : Guthfrith I (877-894)
  • Mercia
    • King : Ceolwulf II (874–879)
    • King: Ealdorman Æthelred (879–911)
  • Wessex
    • King : Alfred the Great (871–899)

• West Franconia
  • King : Ludwig the Stammler (877–879)
  • King: Karlmann (879–884) with Ludwig III. (879-882)
  • Maine
    • Count : Gauzfried (865-886)
  • Toulouse county
    • Count : Bernard Plantevelue (872–885)

• Eastern Franconia
  • Emperor : Karl III. (876-887)
  • Bohemia
    • Duke : Bořivoj I (875-889)
  • Flanders
    • Count : Baldwin I (863–879)
    • Count: Balduin II (879-918)
  • Saxony
    • Duke : Brun (866-880)

• Italy
  • Papal States
    • Pope : John VIII (872-882)
  • Naples
    • Duke : Athanasios (877-898)
  • Salerno
    • Prince : Waifar (861–880)
  • Tuscany
    • Duke : Adalbert I (846-884)
  • Venice
    • Doge of Venice : Orso I. Particiaco (864–881)

• Kievan Rus
  • Grand Duke : Rjurik (862–879)
  • Grand Duke: Oleg (879-912)

• Moravian Empire
  • Prince: Svatopluk I (871–894)

• Norway
  • King : Harald I (872-933)

• Raszien
  • Großžupan : Mutimir (860–890)

• Scotland
  • King : Eochaid (878–889) with Giric

• Spain
  • Asturias
    • King : Alfonso III. (866-910)
  • Barcelona county
    • Count : Wilfried I. (878-897)
  • Emirate of Cordoba
    • Emir: Muhammad I (852-886)
  • Navarre
    • King : García Íñiguez (852–882)

• Wales
  • Gwynedd
    • Prince : Anarawd ap Rhodri (878–916)
  • Powys
    • Prince : Merfyn ap Rhodri (878–900)