List of state leaders in 748

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 748.

Africa

• Kingdom of Makuria – ?
• Kingdom of Nekor – Salih I ibn Mansur (710–749)

America

• Copán – K'ak' Joplaj Chan K'awiil (738–749)
• Tikal – Yik'in Chan K'awiil (734–766)

Asia

• China (Tang dynasty) – Emperor Xuānzong (712–756)
• Japan (Nara period) – Emperor Shōmu (724–749)
• Korea (North South States Period)
  • Balhae – Mun (737–793)
  • Unified Silla – Gyeongdeok (742–765)
• Pallava Kingdom – Paramesvaravarman II (710–775)
• Pratihara Empire – Nagabhata I (730–756)
• Tibetan Empire – Trisong Detsen (730–785)
• Uyghur Khaganate – Bayanchur Khan (747-759)

Europe

• First Bulgarian Empire – Sevar, Khan of Bulgaria (738–753)
• Byzantine Empire – Constantine V Copronymus (743–775)
• England (Heptarchy) –
  • Kingdom of East Anglia – Ælfwald (713–749)
  • Kingdom of Essex – Swithred (746–758)
  • Kingdom of Kent –
    • Eadbert I (725–748)
    • Æthelbert II (725–762)
    • Eardwulf (c.747-c.765)
  • Kingdom of Mercia – Æthelbald (716–757)
  • Kingdom of Northumbria – Eadberht (737–758)
  • Kingdom of Sussex – Æthelbert (725–750)
  • Kingdom of Wessex – Cuthred (740–756)
• Frankish Empire –
  • Childeric III (743–751)
  • Pepin the Short, Mayor of the Palace (741–751)
  • Duchy of Aquitaine –
    1. Hunald (735–748)
    2. Waiofar (748–767)
• Georgia –
  • Klarjeti – Adarnase, (742–779)
• Ireland – Domnall Midi, High King of Ireland (743–763)
  • Kingdom of Connacht – Forggus mac Cellaig (742–756)
  • Uí Maine – Ailello h-ui Daimine (745–749)
  • Kingdom of Leinster – Muiredach mac Murchado (738–760)
  • Kingdom of Ulaid – Cathussach mac Ailello, (735–749)
• Lombard Kingdom – Ratchis (744–749)
• Serbs – Unknown
• Scotland
  • Kingdom of Strathclyde – Teudebur of Alt Clut (622–752)
  • Kingdom of the Picts – Óengus I (729–761)
• Spain -
  • Kingdom of Asturias – Alfonso I (739–757)
• Republic of Venice – Teodato Ipato, Doge of Venice (742–755)
• Wales -
  • Kingdom of Gwynedd – Rhodri Molwynog (720–754)
  • Kingdom of Powys – Elisedd ap Gwylog (725–755)

Middle East

• Arminiya – Ashot III Bagratuni, presiding prince (746–750)
• Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus) – Marwan II (744–750)
• Tabaristan – Khurshid, Dabuyid ispahbadh (741–760), under the regency of Farrukhan the Little