List of state leaders in 879

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

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)

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)

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 -
*#Carloman of Bavaria, King of Italy (877-879)
*#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 -
*#Louis II, King of Western Francia (877-879)
*#Louis III, King of Western Francia (879-882) jointly with Carloman, King of Western Francia (879-884)

Middle East

*Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Mu'tamid, Caliph (870-892)
*Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), (867 - 886)
*Sistan -
*#Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar, Saffarid Emir of Sistan (867-879)
*#Amr bin Laith, Saffarid Emir of Sistan (879-901)
*Transoxiana - Nasr I ibn Ahmad, Samanid Emir of Transoxiana (864-892)

Notes

#The date reigns of Sigurd Orm i Øje, as well as his actual existence, is controversial though East Anglian coins exist featuring him.
#Name and dates from [http://www.hostkingdom.net/scand.html this website]