List of state leaders in 1493

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1493.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Kingdom of Bamum – Monjou, Mfon of Bamum (1461–1498)
• Benin Empire – Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480–1504)
• Bornu Empire (Sayfawa dynasty) – Ali Gazi (1465–1497)
• Kingdom of the Buganda – Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474–1501)
• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
• Empire of Great Fulo – Tenguella (1490–1512)
• Sultanate of Kano – Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499)
• Kilwa Sultanate – Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (1490–1495)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Nzinga a Nkuwu, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Mali Empire – Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481–1496)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Changamire, Mwenemutapa (1490–1494)
• Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Anyamata (1465–1611)
• Kingdom of Nungu – Gima, Nunbado (1470–1520)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (1482–1506)
• Shilluk Kingdom – Nyikaangø (1490–1517)
• Songhai Empire –
  1. Sonni Baru (1492–1493)
  2. Askia Mohammad I (1493–1528)
• Kingdom of Swaziland – Mswati I
• Warsangali Sultanate – Garaad Omar (1487–1495)
• Wolof Empire – Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
  • Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)
  • Tlatelolco – Itzquauhtzin (1475–1520)
• Boriken – Agüeybaná I (–1510)
• Inca Empire –
  1. Tupac (1471–1493)
  2. Huayna Capac (1493–1527)
• Cacicazgo of Higüey – Cayacoa
• Cacicazgo of Jaragua – Bohechio
• Kaqchikel –
  • Oxlahuh-Tz'i', Ahpo Sotz'il of Iximche (–1508)
  • Kablahuh-Tihax, Ahpo Xahil of Iximche (1488–1509)
• Cacicazgo of Maguá – Guarionex
• Cacicazgo of Maguana – Caonabo and Anacaona
• Cacicazgo of Marién – Guacanagaríx
• Muisca Confederation
  • zipa - Nemequene (1490–1514)
  • zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)
• Tarascan state – Zuangua (1479–1520)
• Kingdom of the Zapotec – Cosijoeza (1487–1529)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Ahmad Nizam Shah I (1490–1509)
• Ahom Kingdom –
  1. Suhenphaa (1488–1493)
  2. Supimphaa (1493–1497)
• Astrakhan Khanate – Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani (1490–1504)
• Ava Kingdom (Burma) – Minkhaung II (1481–1501) and Thihathura II (1485–1501), coregents
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Ramathibodi II (1491–1529)
• Bahmani Sultanate – Muhammad Shah IV (1482–1518)
• Bengal Sultanate – Alauddin Husain Shah (1494–1518)
• Berar Sultanate – Fath-Allah 'Imad ul-Mulk (1490–1504)
• Bidar Sultanate – Qasim Shah I (1492–1504)
• Bijapur Sultanate – Yusuf Adil Shah (1490–1510)
• Bruneian Empire – Bolkiah (1485–1524)
• Cambodia - Sri Sukonthor, King of Cambodia (1486–1512)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
• Sultanate of Cirebon – Sunan Gunungjati (1479–1568)
• Đại Việt – Lê Thánh Tông (1460–1497)
• Delhi Sultanate – Sikandar Lodi (1489–1517)
• Demak Sultanate – Raden Patah (1478–1518)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshitane (1490–1493)
• Kingdom of Mrauk U – Ba Saw Nyo (1492–1494)
• Fergana Valley – Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1469–1494)
• Gajapati Kingdom – Purushottama Deva (1466–1497)
• Gujarat Sultanate – Mahmud Begada (1458–1511)
• Principality of Guria – Giorgi I (1491–1512)
• Hanthawaddy Kingdom – Binnya Ran II (1492–1526)
• Sultanate of Herat – Husayn Mirza Bayqara (1470–1506)
  • Sistan Kingdom (Mihrabanid dynasty) – Shams al-Din Muhammad (1480–1495)
• Jaffna kingdom – Singai Pararasasegaram (1478–1519)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Kingdom of Kotte – Parakramabahu VIII (1484–1508)
• Jianzhou Jurchens – Sibeoci Fiyanggū (1481–1522)
• Kamata kingdom (Khen dynasty) – Nilambar (1480–1498)
• Kingdom of Kantipur – Ratna Malla (1482–1520)
• Kara Del –
  1. Shǎn Bā (1492–1493)
  2. Yǎn Kè Bèi Lá (1493–1497)
• Kashmir Sultanate – Fatehshah (1486–1495)
• Kazakh Khanate – Burunduk Khan (1480–1511)
• Kedah Sultanate – Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin I (1472–1506)
• Kengtung – Ai Lao (1474–1501)
• Kingdom of Kotte – Parakramabahu VIII (1484–1508)
• Lan Na – Yotchiangrai (1487–1495)
• Lan Xang – La Sen Thai (1485–1495)
• Majapahit (Rajasa dynasty) – Brawijaya VII (1489–1517)
• Malacca Sultanate – Mahmud Shah (1488–1511)
• Principality of Meskheti – Qvarqvare II (1451–1498)
• Principality of Mingrelia – Liparit II Dadiani (1482–1512)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• England and Wales – Henry VII (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
• Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
  • Duchy of Burgundy –
    • Duke - Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
    • Regent – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ulászló II (1490–1516)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Kingdom of Poland – John I Olbracht (1492–1501)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1477–1495)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James IV (1488–1513)
• Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)