List of the last monarchs in Asia explained

This is a list of last monarchs of Asia.

Nation / territoryMonarchTitleBirthRuled fromRule ceasedReasonDeathArms
Mohammed Zahir ShahKing of Afghanistan15 October 19148 November 1933 17 July 1973Deposed23 July 2007
ArmeniaKing of Armenia134213741375Deposed29 November 1393
Thibaw MinKing of Burma1 January 18591 October 1878 29 November 1885Deposed19 December 1916
Aisin Gioro PuyiEmperor of China7 February 19062 December 1908 12 February 1912Abdicated17 October 1967
Elizabeth IIQueen of Ceylon21 April 19266 February 195222 May 1972Republican constitution adopted8 September 2022
Fuad IIKing of Egypt and the Sudan16 January 195226 July 195218 June 1953Deposedliving
HejazHussein Bin AliKing of Hejaz1 May 185410 June 19163 October 1924Deposed4 June 1931
Elizabeth IIQueen of the United Kingdom21 April 19266 February 19521 July 1997Handover of Hong Kong8 September 2022
George VIEmperor of India
King of India		14 December 189511 December 193626 January 1950Republican constitution adopted6 February 1952
IndonesiaJulianaQueen of the Netherlands30 April 19094 September 194827 December 1949Decolonization20 March 2004
Mohammad Reza PahlaviShahanshah of Iran26 October 191916 September 1941 11 February 1979Deposed27 July 1980
Faisal IIKing of Iraq2 May 19354 April 1939 14 July 1958Executed14 July 1958
George VIKing of the United Kingdom14 December 189511 December 193614 May 1948End of the British Mandate6 February 1952
Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia)King of all Georgia, King of all Kartli, Kakheti and all the other lands10 November 174611 January 179828 December 1800Death28 December 1800
SunjongEmperor of Korea25 March 187420 July 1907 29 August 1910 Abdicated24 April 1926
KurdistanMahmud BarzanjiKing of Kurdistan187819211924Deposed9 October 1956
KyrgyzstanOrmon KhanKhan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate179218421854Executed1854
Sisavang VatthanaKing of Laos13 November 190729 October 1959 2 December 1975Deposed13 May 1978
MaldivesMuhammad Fareed DidiSultan of the Maldives11 January 19017 March 195411 November 1968Republican constitution adopted27 May 1969
Aisin Gioro PuyiEmperor of Manchukuo7 February 19069 March 193215 August 1945Abdicated17 October 1967
MongoliaBogd KhanGreat Khan1869191120 May 1924Death20 May 1924
GyanendraKing of Nepal7 July 19474 June 2001 28 May 2008Republican constitution adoptedliving
North CaucasiaShamilImam of Chechnya and Dagestan26 June 179712 September 183425 August 1859Deposed4 February 1871
Elizabeth IIQueen of Pakistan21 April 1926 6 February 195223 March 1956Republican constitution adopted8 September 2022
Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias18 May 18681 November 1894 15 March 1917Abdicated17 July 1918
RyukyuKing of Ryūkyū3 August 18438 June 184811 March 1879Deposed19 August 1901
SikkimPalden Thondup NamgyalChogyal of Sikkim23 May 19232 December 196310 April 1975Deposed29 January 1982
PutraKing of Malaysia25 November 192021 September 19609 August 1965 Republican constitution adopted16 April 2000
SyriaFaisal IKing of Syria14 January 186126 November 191924 July 1920 Deposed8 September 1933
TibetTenzin GyatsoDalai Lama of Tibet6 July 193522 February 194023 May 1951Deposedliving
TurkeyMehmed VISultan of the Ottoman Empire14 January 18613 July 19181 November 1922Monarchy abolished16 May 1926
VietnamBảo ĐạiEmperor of Vietnam22 October 19138 January 1926 25 August 1945Abdicated30 July 1997
Muhammad al-BadrKing of the Muttawakilite Kingdom of Yemen15 February 192619 September 19621 December 1970Deposed6 August 1996

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