List of Heads of State in 971 - 972 - List of Heads of State in 973 - List of Heads of State by Year
Asia
- Abbasid Caliphate - Abu al-Qasim Al-Muti , Caliph ( 946 - 974 )
- Hamdanides -
- Adid ad-Dawlah , the emir (Al-Jazeera) ( 967 - 978 )
- Saad ad-Dawlah , the emir (Aleppo) ( 967 - 991 )
- Hamdanides -
- The Abkhazian kingdom - Dmitry III , the king ( 969 - 975 )
- Armenia -
- The kingdom of Ani - Ashot III the Most Gracious , the king ( 953 - 977 )
- Vaspurakan kingdom -
- Abusahl-Amazasp , King (c. 958 - c. 972 )
- Ashot-Sahak , King (c. 972 - 983 )
- The kingdom of Kars - Mushegh , the king ( 963 - 984 )
- Vetali Peh Pew King ( 964 - 994 )
- Georgia -
- Kakheti - Kvirike II , Prince ( 929 - 976 )
- Tao-Klarjeti - Bagrat II Regweni , King ( 958 - 994 )
- David III , Kuropalat (Tao) ( 966 - approx. 1000 )
- Sumbat II , Eristavi (Klarjeti) ( 943 - 988 )
- Tbilisi Emirate - Jaffar II Bin Mansur , Emir ( 952 - 981 )
- Daykoviet - Din Tien Hoang (Din Bo Lin) , King ( 968 - 980 )
- Dali - Duan Sushun , King ( 968 - 985 )
- India -
- Vengi (Eastern Chalukya) - Danarnava , Maharaja ( 970 - 973 )
- Gurjara Pratihara - Rajapala , Maharaja ( 960-1018 )
- Western Ganges - Marasimha II Satyavakya , Maharaja ( 963 - 975 )
- Kamarupa - Indra Pala , Maharajadhiraj ( 960 - 990 )
- Kachari - Prasanto , King ( 925-1010 )
- Kashmir -
- Abhimania , the king ( 958 - 972 )
- Bhimagupta , King ( 972 - 980 )
- Pala - Vigrahapala II , the king ( 960 - 988 )
- Paramara - Siyak II , Maharaja ( 948 - 974 )
- Rushtrakuty -
- Buddiga Amoghavarsha III , Maharajadhiraj ( 967 - 972 )
- Khottiga , Maharajadhiraj ( 967 - 972 )
- Karkkaraj II Amoghavarsha II , Maharajadhiraj ( 972-973 )
- Harikela (Chandra dynasty) - Srichandra , Maharajadhiraj ( 930 - 975 )
- Chola - Aditya II Karikalan , Maharaja ( 970 - 973 )
- Yadavah (Seunadesh) - Dhadiyappa II , Maharaja ( 970 - 985 )
- Indonesia -
- Mataram (Medang) - Sri Isiyan Tunggaviya , Sri Maharaja ( 947 - 985 )
- Sunda - Prabu Mounding Ganaviriya , King ( 964 - 973 )
- Srivijaya - Sri Udaaditiavarman , Sri Maharaja (c. 960 - c. 988 )
- Iran -
- Buids -
- Djibal - Rukn ad-Daula , emir ( 935 - 977 )
- Kerman and Fars - Adood ad-Daula , emir ( 949 - 983 )
- Ziyaridah - Zahir ad-Daula Bisutun ibn Vushmgir , emir ( 967 - 978 )
- Rabadides - Abulhij Muhammad , Emir ( 961 - 988 )
- Salarids - Ibrahim Ibn Marzban , Emir ( 960 - 981 )
- Samanids - Mansur I ibn Nuh , emir ( 961 - 976 )
- Suffarids - Abu Ahmad Khalaf ibn-Ahmad , Emir ( 963 - 1003 )
- Tabaristan (Bavandi) - Dara , Ispahbad ( 965 - 985 )
- Buids -
- Yemen -
- Ziyyadidy - Abu'l-Yash Ishaq ibn Ibrahim , Emir ( 904 - 981 )
- Yafurids - Abdullah ibn Kahtan ibn Muhammad II , Imam ( 963 - 997 )
- Karakhanid state -
- Ali Arslan Khan , Khan ( 970 - 998 )
- Harun Bugra-Khan , Khan ( 970 - 992 )
- China ( Epoch of the five dynasties and the ten kingdoms ) -
- Sun - Tai-tzu (Zhao Kuan Yin) , the emperor ( 960 - 976 )
- Northern Han - Liu Juan , Emperor ( 968 - 979 )
- Wu Yue - Qian Chu , King ( 947 - 978 )
- Southern Tang - Li Yu , Emperor ( 961 - 975 )
- Khmer Empire (Cambujadesh) - Jayavarman V , Emperor ( 968 - 1001 )
- Korea (Koryo) - Cheonjon , Van ( 949 - 975 )
- Liao - Ching-tsung (Wuyu) , the emperor ( 968 - 982 )
- Pagan - Nawn-u Sorahan , King ( 956 - 1001 )
- Rajarata (Anuradhapura) -
- Udaya III King ( 964 - 972 )
- Seine IV , King ( 972 - 975 )
- Champa - Paramesvaravarman I , Prince ( 965 - 982 )
- Sheddadids (Emirate of Dvina) - Ali Lashkari I ibn Muhammad , Emir ( 971 - 978 )
- Shirvan - Ahmad I ibn Mohammed , Shirvanshah ( 956 - 981 )
- Japan - Enju , the emperor ( 969 - 984 )
Africa
- Gao - Ning Tafai , cia (c. 970 - c. 990 )
- Idrisida - Hasan ibn Qasim , Caliph of the Maghreb ( 954 - 974 , 975 - 985 )
- Kanem - Hayoma , Mai ( 961-1019 )
- Kilwa - Ali Ibn al-Hassan Shirazi , Sultan (ca. 957 - ca. 996 )
- Macuria - George II , the king (c. 969 - c. 980 )
- Sigilmas - Abu Muhammad al-Mutazz , emir ( 963 - 976/977 )
- Fatimid Caliphate - Al-Muizz Lidinillah , Caliph ( 953 - 975 )
- Ethiopia - Ian Seum , Emperor ( 959 - 999 )
Europe
- England - Edgar the Peaceable , King ( 959 - 975 )
- The kingdom of Bulgaria - Boris II , the king ( 969 - 977 )
- Kingdom of Burgundy (Arelat) - Conrad I the Quiet , King ( 937 - 993 )
- Provence -
- Rothbald II , Count (ca. 966 - 993 )
- Guillaume I , Count (ca. 966 - 993 )
- Provence -
- Hungary -
- Takshon , the prince (nadfeeedele) ( 955 - 972 )
- Geza , the prince (nadfeedelele) ( 972 - 997 )
- Republic of Venice - Pietro IV Candiano , Doge ( 959 - 976 )
- Byzantine Empire - John I Tzimiskes , Emperor ( 969 - 976 )
- Volga Bulgaria - Talib ibn Ahmad , Khan (ca. 970 - ca. 976 )
- Gascony - Guillaume II Sanshe , Duke ( 961 - 996 )
- Armagnac - Bernard I Le Lusch , Earl (ca. 960 - ca. 995 )
- Fezansak - Odon de Fezansak , Count (approx. 960 - approx. 985 )
- Denmark - Harald I of Sinezuby , King ( 958 - 986/987 )
- Derbent Emirate - Ahmad Ibn Abdulmalik , Emir ( 939 - 976 )
- Duklya - Petrislav Khvalimirovich , Zhupan ( 971 - 990 )
- West Frankish Kingdom - Lothar , King ( 954 - 986 )
- Aquitaine - Guillaume IV Ironhand , Duke ( 963 - 995 )
- Ampuryas - Gosfred I , Count ( 931 - 991 )
- Angouleme - Ranulf I , Count ( 962 - 975 )
- Anjou - Geoffroy I Griesegonel , Earl ( 958 - 987 )
- Barcelona - Borrell II , Count ( 947 - 992 )
- Blois - Tibo I the Dodger , Count ( 960 - 975 )
- Besalu - Miro III , Count ( 968 - 984 )
- Brittany - Joel I , Duke ( 958 - 981 )
- Boulogne - Arnulf III , Count ( 971 - 990 )
- Burgundy - Ed Heinrich the Great , Duke ( 965 - 1002 )
- Vermandois - Albert I the Pious , Count ( 946 - 987 )
- Gothia - Raimund III, Earl Ruerga , Marquis (c. 961 - 1008 )
- Carcassonne - Roger I , Count (ca. 957 - ca. 1012 )
- Conflan and Cerdanya - Miro III , Count ( 968 - 984 )
- Moh and Trois - Herbert II de Vermandois , Count ( 966 - 995 )
- Maine - Hugo II , Count (c. 940 - 980/992 )
- Nantes - Joel I , Earl ( 958 - 981 )
- Nevers - Ed Heinrich the Great , Earl ( 965 - 978 )
- Neustrian stamp - Hugo Capet , marquise ( 956 - 987 )
- Normandy - Richard I the Fearless , Duke ( 942 - 996 )
- Palyars -
- Ramon II , Count ( 948 - approx. 995 )
- Borrel I , Count ( 948 - app. 994 )
- Sunier I , Count ( 948 - approx. 1010 )
- Paris - Hugh Capet , Count ( 956 - 987 )
- Ribagorsa -
- Guilhem I , Count (approx. 950 - approx. 976 )
- Unifred I , Count (ca. 970 - 980/981 )
- Roussillon - Gosfred I , Count ( 931 - 991 )
- Rouerg - Raimund III , Count (c. 961 - 1008 )
- Toulouse -
- Raimund IV , Margrave (ca. 950 - 972 )
- Raimund V , Margrave ( 972 - approx. 978 )
- Flanders - Arnulf II , Count ( 965 - 987 )
- Chalon - Lambert , Earl ( 956 - 979 )
- Ireland - Domnall Wah Neill , High King ( 956 - 980 )
- Ailech - Domnall Wah Neill , King ( 943 - 980 )
- Dublin - Olav III Quran , King ( 945 - 947 , 952 - 980 )
- Connaught - Khohobar poppy Taidg , King ( 967 - 973 )
- Leinster -
- Murhad Mac Finn , King ( 966 - 972 )
- Ugaire II , King ( 972 - approx. 978 )
- Mide - Donnhad Finn Mac Aeda , King ( 960 - 974 )
- Munster - Matgamine Mac Kennetheg , King ( 963 - 976 )
- Ulster -
- Aed Poppy Loingsig , King ( 971 - 972 )
- Eohide Mac Ardgail , King ( 972 - 1004 )
- Spain -
- Viger - Ramiro Garcés , King ( 931 - 981 )
- Cordoba Caliphate - Al-Hakam II , Caliph ( 961 - 976 )
- Leon - Ramiro III , King ( 966 - 984 )
- Castille - Garcia Fernandez , Count ( 970 - 995 )
- Navarre - Sancho II Abarca , King ( 970 - 994 )
- Italy -
- Amalfi - Manso I , Duke ( 966 - 1004 )
- Benevento and Capua -
- Pandulf I Iron Head , Prince ( 943 - 981 )
- Landulf IV , Prince ( 968 - 981 )
- Gaeta - Gregory , Duke ( 962/963 - 978 )
- Naples - Marin II , Duke ( 968 - 992 )
- Salerno - Gisulf I , Prince ( 946 - 977 )
- Kievan Rus (Old Russian state) -
- Svyatoslav Igorevich , Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Novgorod ( 945 - 972 )
- Yaropolk Svyatoslavich , Grand Prince of Kiev ( 972 - 978 )
- Drevlyany principality - Oleg Svyatoslavich , prince ( 970 - 977 )
- Novgorod principality - Vladimir Svyatoslavich , prince ( 970 - 988 )
- Norway -
- Harald Bluetooth , King ( 970 - 986 )
- Hakon the Mighty , Jarl ( 970 - 995 )
- Papal States - John XIII , Pope ( 965 - 972 )
- Poland - Meshko I , Prince ( 960 - 992 )
- Portugal - Gonzalo I Menendez , Count (ca. 950 - 997 )
- Holy Roman Empire - Otto I the Great , Emperor ( 962 - 973 )
- Bavaria - Henry II the Shrew , Duke ( 955 - 976 , 985 - 995 )
- Holland - Dirk II , Count (c. 939 - 988 )
- Ivrean stamp - Conrad , margrave ( 970 - approx. 990 )
- Lorraine -
- Upper Lorraine - Friedrich (Ferri) I , Vice-Duke ( 959 - 978 )
- Lower Lorraine - Richer , Vice-Duke ( 968 - 973 )
- Luxembourg - Siegfried , Count ( 963 - 998 )
- Luzhitskaya (Saxon Eastern) brand - Odo I , Margrave ( 965 - 993 )
- Meissen brand - Wigbert , margrave ( 965 - 976 )
- Namur - Robert I , Count (c. 924 - c. 974 )
- Montferrat - Ottone I , Margrave ( 969 - 991 )
- Saxony - Hermann Billung , Duke ( 961 - 973 )
- Northern mark - Dietrich von Haldensleben , Margrave ( 965 - 985 )
- Spoleto - Pandulf I Iron Head , Duke ( 967 - 981 )
- Tuscan brand - Hugo I , margrave ( 962-11001 )
- Czech Republic - Boleslaw II the Pious , Prince (c. 967 - 999 )
- Swabia - Burchard III , Duke ( 954 - 973 )
- Styria (Karantanskaya mark) - Marquart , margrave ( 970 - 1000 )
- Hainaut (Gennegau) - Richer , Count ( 964 - 973 )
- Sicilian Emirate - Abu-l-Qasim Ali ibn Hassan , Emir ( 969 - 982 )
- Wales -
- Gwent - Artvile ap Knowy , King ( 970 - 983 )
- Gwynedd - Iago ap Idwal , King ( 950 - 979 )
- Gleaves - Morgan up Owen , King ( 930 - 974 )
- Deheibart - Owen up Hivel , King ( 950 - 987 )
- Croatia - Stepan Drislav , King ( 969 - 997 )
- Sweden -
- Olaf II Byornsson , King (c. 970 - 975 )
- Eric VI , King (c. 970 - 995 )
- Scotland (Alba) - Kenneth II , King ( 971 - 995 )
Otto I the Great
962-973
Holy Roman EmperorAl-Hakam II
961-976
Caliph of CordobaHarald I Bluetooth
958-986
King of DenmarkLothar
954-986
King of the West-Frankish KingdomSvyatoslav
945-972
Grand Prince of KievTai tzu
960-976
Emperor of ChinaEdgar Peaceable
959-975
King of englandJohn I Tzimiskes
969-976
Emperor of ByzantiumRamiro III
966-984
King of leonSancho II Abarca
970-994
King of NavarreKenneth II
971-995
King of scotlandBorrell II
947-992
Earl of BarcelonaHenry II the Shrew
955-976
Duke of BavariaRichard I the Fearless
942-996
Duke of NormandyMeshko I
960-992
Prince of polandGeza
972-997
Prince of HungaryDavid III the Great
966-1000
Kuropalat Tao-KlarjetiBoleslaw II the Pious
967-999
Prince of the Czech RepublicDirk II
939-988
Earl of HollandArnulf II
965-987
Count of FlandersGarcia Fernandez
970-995
Count of CastilePietro IV Candiano
959-976
Doge veniceJohn XIII
965-972
Pope