Former monarchies of West Asia

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a population of over 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital, largest city, and financial center.

third Islamic caliphate (750–1258)

Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.

Hellenistic-era Greek state in Western Asia (312–63 BC)

Israelite Kingdom, whose capital was Jerusalem and Hebron, c. 930–586 BCE

Lydia (; ) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.

Shia Islamic caliphate (909–1171)

Central Asian Persianate Turco-Mongol empire (1370–1507)

Mitanni or Mittani (–1260 BC), earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts, ; Ḫanigalbat or Ḫani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or Naharin in Egyptian and some Akkadian texts, was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) with Indo-Aryan linguistic and political influences. Since no histories, royal annals or chronicles have yet been found in its excavated sites, knowledge about Mitanni is sparse compared to the other powers in the area, and dependent on what its neighbours commented in their texts.

The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire. It was ruled by the Il-Khans or Ilkhanids (), and known to the Mongols as Hülegü Ulus (). The Ilkhanid realm was officially known as the Land of Iran (Irānzamin) or simply Iran. It was established after Hülegü, the son of Tolui and grandson of Genghis Khan, inherited the West Asian and Central Asian part of the Mongol Empire after his brother Möngke Khan died in 1259.

Byzantine Greek state on Black Sea coast

In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (; ) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi () located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia also including the region of Abkhazia.

historical state in Mesopotamia

Persianate Muslim Turkoman monarchy (1374–1468)

ancient state of Armenia

former empire

Armenian Middle Ages state (1080–1375)

medieval state in Eastern Europe

royal dynasty in Mesopotamia

independent Iraqi monarchy (1932–1958)

former country

breakaway state from the Roman Empire (270–273)

historical Arab monarchy

Hellenistic-era kingdom centred in northern Anatolia (281 BC-62 AD)

Afghan monarchy of the Ghilji Pashtuns (1709–1738)

c. 1894 BC – c. 1595 BC dynasty of Babylonia

Feudal state in the Caucasus (778-1008)

federal state under British protection in what would become South Arabia

thumb|300px|The Beylik of Karaman (orange) in 1300 The Karamanids ( or ), also known as the Emirate of Karaman and Beylik of Karaman (), was a Turkish Anatolian beylik (principality) of Salur tribe origin, descended from Oghuz Turks, centered in South-Central Anatolia around the present-day Karaman Province. From the mid 14th century until its fall in 1487, the Karamanid dynasty was one of the most powerful beyliks in Anatolia. Category:states and territories disestablished in the 1480s

1727–1818 included most of Arabian Peninsula

Georgian kingdom

Archaeological site in Syria

1465–1762 kingdom in eastern Georgia

sultanate

period in the history of Assyria after the fall of the Old Assyrian Empire in the 1300s BC

client state of the Roman Republic from 37 BCE, when Herod the Great was appointed "King of the Jews" by the Roman Senate

Armenia within the Kingdom of Georgia

The Shah-Armens (lit. 'Kings of Armenia', ), also known as Ahlatshahs (lit. 'Rulers of Ahlat', ) or Begtimurids, was a Turkoman Sunni Muslim dynasty founded after the Battle of Manzikert (1071) and centred in Ahlat on the northwestern shore of the Lake Van. This region comprised most of modern-day Bitlis and Van, and parts of Muş provinces.

fief in crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

1432–1967 sultanate in modern-day Yemen

Jewish monarchy in Judea and surrounding regions during the Second Temple period (140–37 BCE)

sultanate

The Samtskhe-Saatabago or Samtskhe Atabegate (), also called the Principality of Samtskhe (სამცხის სამთავრო), was a Georgian feudal principality in Zemo Kartli, ruled by an atabeg (tutor) of Georgia for nearly three and a half centuries, between 1268 and 1625. Its territory consisted of the modern-day Samtskhe-Javakheti region and the historical region of Tao-Klarjeti.

four-way division of Herod the Great's Levantine kingdom upon his death

Haushabi or Hawshabi ( al-Ḥawshabī or al-Ḥawāshab), or the Haushabi Sultanate ( Salṭanat al-Ḥawāshab), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. Its capital was Musaymir. The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.

former unrecognized state in Kurdistan Region

Former Emirate in Saudi Arabia (1834–1919)

former country

1597–1849 state in southwest Arabia

former state in the Caucasus

Mawsata, Mausata (), or the Mawsata State ( ''''), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. Mawsata was located in the western and southwestern part of Upper Yafa. The main mountain in the area is Jabal Darfan.

kurdish Emirate of Hasankeyf