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Abd ar-Rahman II
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Abd ar-Rahman II

Monarch

Born AD 792 · died 22 September AD 852, aged 59
Also known as 'Abd ar-Rahman II, Abd-ar-rahman II, Abd Er-Rahman II

Who was alive at the same time as Abd ar-Rahman II?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  3. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  4. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  5. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  6. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  8. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  9. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  10. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  11. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  13. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  14. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Abd ar-Rahman II, AD 792 – AD 852
  17. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  18. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  19. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  20. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  21. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  22. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  23. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  24. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899

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When Abd ar-Rahman II was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 70 or 71, Harun al-Rashid was 26, Pope Leo III was 41 or 42, Louis the Pious was 14 and Al-Shafi'i was 25.

When Abd ar-Rahman II died, Alfred the Great was 2 or 3, Charles the Bald was 29, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 42, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 71 and Pope Adrian II was 59 or 60.

Born during Abd ar-Rahman II’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus and Pope Benedict III.

Not quite contemporaries: Abu Bakr al-Razi was born about 14 years after Abd ar-Rahman II died, Pope Sergius III was born about 6 years after Abd ar-Rahman II died, Pope John X was born about 6 years after Abd ar-Rahman II died and Rudaki was born about 7 years after Abd ar-Rahman II died.

Where Abd ar-Rahman II’s contemporaries were born

Abd ar-Rahman II is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (62 of 68 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 67 best-known contemporaries

67 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Abd ar-Rahman II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 823.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  8. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  9. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  11. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  18. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  19. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  20. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  22. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  24. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  25. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  26. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  27. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  28. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  29. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  30. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  31. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  32. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  33. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  34. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  35. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  36. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  37. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  38. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  39. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  40. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  41. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  42. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  43. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  44. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  45. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  46. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  47. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  48. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  49. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  50. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  51. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  52. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  53. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  54. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  55. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  56. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  57. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  58. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  59. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  60. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  61. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  62. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  63. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  64. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  65. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  66. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  67. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842