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Abdul Qadir Gilani
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Abdul Qadir Gilani

Jurist

Born 1078 · died 14 February 1166, aged 87 or 88
Also known as Abdul Qadir Jilani, Abd al-Qadir al-Djilani, Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Who was alive at the same time as Abdul Qadir Gilani?

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  3. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  4. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  5. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  6. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  7. Abdul Qadir Gilani, 1078 – 1166
  8. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  9. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  10. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  11. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  12. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  13. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  14. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  15. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  16. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  17. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  18. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  19. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  20. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  21. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  22. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  23. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  24. Philip II of France, 1165 – 1223

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When Abdul Qadir Gilani was born, Godfrey of Bouillon was 17 or 18, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 27 or 28, Philip I of France was 25 or 26 and Shen Kuo was 46 or 47.

When Abdul Qadir Gilani died, Genghis Khan was 3, Saladin was 27 or 28, Averroes was 39, Zhu Xi was 35 and Richard I of England was 8.

Born during Abdul Qadir Gilani’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Hildegard of Bingen, Richard I of England, Maimonides and Frederick Barbarossa.

Not quite contemporaries: Francis of Assisi was born about 14 years after Abdul Qadir Gilani died, Shota Rustaveli was born about 6 years after Abdul Qadir Gilani died, John, King of England was born months after Abdul Qadir Gilani died and Pope Gregory IX was born about 4 years after Abdul Qadir Gilani died.

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The 49 best-known contemporaries

49 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Abdul Qadir Gilani. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1123.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  7. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  8. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  9. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  10. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  11. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  12. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  13. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  14. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  15. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  16. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  17. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  18. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  19. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  20. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  21. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  22. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  23. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  24. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  25. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  26. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  27. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  28. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  29. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  30. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  31. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  32. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  33. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  34. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  35. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  36. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  37. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  38. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  39. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  40. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  41. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  42. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  43. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  44. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  45. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  46. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  47. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  48. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  49. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095