List of state leaders in 879

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878 state leaders - Events of 879 - 880 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 Middle East 5 Notes

[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 ibn Umar, known as "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)

[edit] Asia

• Bohai/Balhae - Da Xuanxi/Dae Hyeon-seok, King of Bohai/Balhae (871-895)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), 867 - 886)
• China (Tang Dynasty) - Xizong, Emperor of Tang China (873-888)
• Gurjara - Mihira Bhoja I, Pratihara King of Gurjara (c. 836-886)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Emperor Yōzei, emperor of Japan (876-884)
  • Regent (Sessho) - Fujiwara no Mototsune, Sessho (876-884)
• Silla - Heongang, King of Silla (875-886)

[edit] Europe

• al-Andalus - Muhammad I, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba (852-886)
• Aragón - Aznar II Galíndez, Count of Aragón (867–893)
• Asturias - Alfonso III the Great, King of Asturias (866-910)
• Auvergne - Bernard II, Count of Auvergne (864-886)
• Auxerre - Hugh the Abbot, Count of Auxerre (876-886)
• Bavaria - Carloman of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (876-880)
• Brittany - Alan the Great, Duke of Brittany (877-907) disputed with Judicael, Duke of Brittany (877-888)
• Bulgaria - Boris I Michael, King of Bulgaria (852-889)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), (867 - 886)
• Denmark - Sigurd Orm i Øje, King of Denmark (873-903¹)
• England - Alfred the Great, King of England (878-899)
• Friesland - Rorik, King of the Danish Vikings in Friesland (850-880)
• Great Moravia - Svatopluk I, King of Great Moravia (871–894)
• Iceland - Ingólfur Arnarson, King of Iceland (874-c.900²)
• Ireland - Flann Sinna, High King of Ireland (877-914)
• Italy -
  1. Carloman of Bavaria, King of Italy (877-879)
  2. Charles III the Fat, King of Italy (879-887)
• León - Alfonso III of Leon, King of León (838-910)
• Navarre - García II Jiménez, King of Navarre (870–882)
• Norway - Harald I Fairhair, King of Norway (872-930)
• Papal States - John VIII, Pope (872-882)
• Poitiers - Ranulf II, Count of Poitiers (866-890)
• Saxony - Louis the Younger, King of Saxony (876-882)
• Scotland - Eochaid, King of Scots and Picts (878-889) jointly with Giric, King of Scots and Picts (878-889)
• Venice - Orso I Participazio, Doge of Venice (864-881)
• Swabia - Charles the Fat, King of Swabia (876-887)
• Wales - Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd (878-916)
• Western Francia -
  1. Louis II, King of Western Francia (877-879)
  2. Louis III, King of Western Francia (879-882) jointly with Carloman, King of Western Francia (879-884)

[edit] Middle East

• Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Mu'tamid, Caliph (870-892)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), (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)

[edit] Notes

1. The date reigns of Sigurd Orm i Øje, as well as his actual existence, is controversial though East Anglian coins exist featuring him.
2. Name and dates from this website