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Abd al-Rahman I
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Abd al-Rahman I

Amir

Born AD 731 · died 30 September AD 788, aged 56 or 57
Also known as Abd ar-Rahman I, 'Abd al-Rahman I

Who was alive at the same time as Abd al-Rahman I?

  1. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  2. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  3. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  4. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  5. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  7. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  8. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  9. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  10. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  11. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  13. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  14. Abd al-Rahman I, AD 731 – AD 788
  15. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  16. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  17. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  18. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  19. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  20. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  22. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  24. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855

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When Abd al-Rahman I was born, Li Bai was 29 or 30, Du Fu was 18 or 19, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 9 or 10, Abu Hanifa was 31 or 32 and Charles Martel was 42 or 43.

When Abd al-Rahman I died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 66 or 67, Harun al-Rashid was 22, Pope Leo III was 37 or 38, Louis the Pious was 10 and Pope Adrian I was 87 or 88.

Born during Abd al-Rahman I’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Louis the Pious, Al-Shafi'i and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Kindi was born about 11 years after Abd al-Rahman I died, Pope Gregory IV was born about 5 years after Abd al-Rahman I died, Pope Adrian II was born about 4 years after Abd al-Rahman I died and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz died about 9 years before Abd al-Rahman I was born.

What happened in Abd al-Rahman I’s lifetime

Where Abd al-Rahman I’s contemporaries were born

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The 79 best-known contemporaries

79 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Abd al-Rahman I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 760.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  9. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  13. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  14. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  15. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  16. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  17. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  20. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  21. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  23. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  24. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  25. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  26. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  28. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  29. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  30. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  31. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  32. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  33. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  34. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  35. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  36. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  37. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  38. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  39. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  40. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  41. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  42. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  43. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  44. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  45. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  46. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  47. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  48. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  49. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  50. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  51. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  52. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  53. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  54. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  55. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  56. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  57. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  58. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  59. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  60. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  61. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  62. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  63. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  64. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  65. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  66. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  67. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  68. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  69. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  70. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  71. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  72. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  73. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  74. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  75. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  76. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  77. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  78. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  79. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842