List of colonial governors in 1740

Oman

 * Mombasa – Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali of Mombasa (1739–1745)

Portugal

 * Angola – Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738–1748)
 * Macau – D. Diogo Pereira, Governor of Macau (1738–1743)