List of state leaders in 879

[edit] Africa

Egypt - Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tulunid Emir of Egypt (868-884)
Ifriqiya - "Abu Ishaq" Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad, Aghlabid Emir of Ifriqiya (875-902)
Morocco - Ali II, Idrisid Caliph of Morocco (874-883)
Nekor - Said II ibn Salih, Salihid Emir of Nekor (c.864-c.916)
Tahert - Muhammad Abu'l-Yaqdan, Rustamid Imam of Tahert (c.873-c.894)
Tamesna - Yunus, Tarifid King of the Berghouata (842-888)

Bohai/Balhae - Da Xuanxi/Dae Hyeon-seok, King of Bohai/Balhae (871-895)
Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), Byzantine emperor (867 - 886)
China (Tang Dynasty) - Xizong, Emperor of Tang China (873-888)
Gurjara - Mihira Bhoja I, Pratihara King of Gurjara
Japan -
- Monarch - Emperor Yōzei, emperor of Japan (876-884)
- Regent (Sessho) - Fujiwara no Mototsune, Sessho (876-884)
Silla - Heongang, King of Silla (875-886)

al-Andalus - Muhammad I, Umayyad Emir of Cordoba (852-886)
Asturias - Alfonso III the Great, King of Asturias (866-910)
Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), Byzantine emperor (867 - 886)
England - Alfred the Great, King of England (878-899)
Friesland - Rorik, King of the Danish Vikings in Friesland (850-880)
Germany - Charles the Fat, King of Swabia (876-887)
Scotland -
- Eochaid, King of Scots and Picts (878-889)
- Giric, King of Scots and Picts (878-889)
Venice - Orso I Participazio, Doge of Venice (864-881)
Wales -
- Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd (878-916)
Western Francia -
- Louis II, King of Western Francia (877-879)
- Louis III, Joint King of Western Francia (879-882)
- Carloman, Joint King of Western Francia (879-884)

Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Mu'tamid, Caliph (870-892)
Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), Byzantine emperor (867 - 886)
Sistan -
1. Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar, Saffarid Emir of Sistan (867-879)
2. Amr bin Laith , Saffarid Emir of Sistan (879-901)
Transoxiana - Nasr I ibn Ahmad, Samanid Emir of Transoxiana (864-892)