List of Heads of State in 1484

Africa

### Adal Sultanate
Sultan: Shame ad-Din ibn Muhammad (1472–1487)

### Abdalwadid Dynasty (Western Algeria)
Sultan: Abu Abdallah Muhammad VII. (1469–1504)

### Burdschiyya Dynasty (Egypt)
Sultan: Qaid Bay (1468–1496)

### Bornu Empire
King/May: Ali Gazi (1465–1497)

### Ifriqiya (East Algeria, Tunisia)
Caliph: Abu Umar Uthman (1435–1488)

### Jolof Empire (Senegal)
Buur-ba Jolof: Tase Daagulen (1481–1488)

### Kano
Emir: Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499)

### Congo
Mani-Congo: Nzinga á Nkuwu (João I) (1470–1509)

### Morocco (Wattasids)
Sultan: Muhammad al-Sheikh al-Mahdi (1465/72–1505)

### Munhumutapa Kingdom
Ruler: ukombero Nyahuma (1480–1490)

### Songhai Empire
Ruler: Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

America

### Aztec Empire
Tízoc (1481–1486)

### Inca Empire
Inca: Túpac Yupanqui (1471–1493)

Asia

### China (Ming Dynasty)
Emperor: Chenghua (1464–1487)

### Japan
Emperor: Go-Tsuchimikado (1465-1470, 1471-1500)

### Ak-Koyunlu
Sultan: Yaqub bin Uzun-Hasan (1478 – 1490)

### Anatolian Bailiks
Zulkadar – Buzkurd Ala ad-din-dawla, Bey (1479 – 1515)
Karamanids by Turgutorglu Mahmud, Baylerbey (1483 - 1487)
Ramazanogullars (Ramadanids) – Omer, Bey (1470 – 1485)

### Georgian Kingdom
Tsar: Constantine II (1478 – 1490)
King of Imereti: Constantine II (1479 – 1484)
King of Imereti: Alexander II (1484-?)

Europe

### England
King: Richard III (1483-1485)

### Astrahan
Han: Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Kucuk Muhammad (1480-1509)

### Austria and Tyrol
Duke: Sigismund (1446-1490; Archduke, since 1453)
Inner Austria:
Duke: Frederick the Vlea (1424-1493; later Duke in Upper Austria and Lower Austria)