Asia | Monarchies

The following are the territories of the Asia where the monarch is currently the official head of a sovereign state.

Country	Head of State	Succession	Dynasty	Monarch
Bahrain	King	Hereditary	Al Khalifa	Hamad bin Isa
Bhutan	Druk Gyalpo | King	Hereditary	Wangchuck	Jigme Khesar
Brunei	Sultan	Hereditary	Bolkiah	Hassanal Bolkiah
Cambodia	King	Elective	Norodom	Sihamoni
Japan	Tennō | Emperor	Hereditary	Yamato	Naruhito
Jordan	King	Hereditary	Al Hashimi	Abdullah II
Kuwait	Emir	Hereditary	Al Sabah	Nawaf Al-Ahmad
Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Elective	N/A	Abdullah
Oman	Sultan	Hereditary	Al Said	Haitham bin Tariq
Qatar	Emir	Hereditary	Al Thani	Tamim bin Hamad
Saudi Arabia	King	Hereditary	Al Saud	Salman bin Abdul Aziz
Thailand	King	Hereditary	Mahidol	Rama X
United Arab Emirates	President	Elective	N/A	Mohammed bin Zayed

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Asia | Former Monarchies

Country	Head of State	Dynasty	Monarch
Burma (Myanmar)	King	Konbaung	Soe Win
China	Emperor	Qing	Vacant
Iran	Shah	Pahlavi	Reza
Iraq	King	Al Hashimi	Ra’ad bin Zeid
Korea	Emperor	Yi	Vacant
Laos	King	Sisavang	Soulivong Savang
Nepal	King	Shah	Gyanendra
Türkiye (Ottoman)	Sultan	Osman	Harun Osman
Vietnam	Emperor | King	Nguyễn Phúc	Bảo Ngọc

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Asia | Traditional Monarchies

This list is a work in progress.

Country | Polity	Ruler	Succession	Dynasty
Malaysia
| Johor	Sultan	Hereditary
| Kedah	Sultan
| Kelantan	Sultan	Hereditary
| Negeri Sembilan	Yang di-Pertuan Besar
| Pahang	Sultan	Hereditary
| Perak	Sultan
| Perlis	Raja
| Selangor	Sultan
| Terengganu	Sultan	Hereditary
United Arab Emirates
| Abu Dhabi	Emir	Hereditary	Al Nahyan
| Ajman	Emir	Hereditary	Al Nuami
| Dubai	Emir	Hereditary	Al Maktoum
| Fujairah	Emir	Hereditary	Al Sharqi
| Ras Al Khaimah	Emir	Hereditary	Al Qasimi
| Sharjah	Emir	Hereditary	Al Qasimi
| Umm Al Quwain	Emir	Hereditary	Al Mualla

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