Who Was Alive

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Merchant

Born c. AD 545 · died AD 570
Also known as Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Who was alive at the same time as Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib?

  1. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  2. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  3. Cassiodorus, c. AD 487 – AD 583
  4. Theodora, c. AD 500 – AD 548
  5. Chlothar I, AD 498 – AD 561
  6. Khosrow I, AD 501 – AD 579
  7. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  8. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  9. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  10. Justin II, c. AD 520 – AD 578
  11. Tiberius II Constantine, c. AD 520 – AD 582
  12. Columba, AD 521 – AD 597
  13. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  14. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606
  15. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  16. Pope Boniface III, c. AD 540 – AD 607
  17. Gregory of Tours, AD 538 – AD 594
  18. Maurice, AD 539 – AD 602
  19. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, c. AD 541 – AD 619
  20. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, c. AD 545 – AD 570
  21. Phocas, AD 547 – AD 610
  22. Pope Boniface IV, c. AD 550 – AD 615
  23. Amina bint Wahb, c. 550s – c. AD 578
  24. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636

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When Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib died, Maurice was 30 or 31, Khosrow I was 68 or 69, Gregory of Tours was 31 or 32, Columba was 48 or 49 and Salman the Persian was 1 or 2.

Born during Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib’s lifetime: Isidore of Seville, Pope Boniface IV, Amina bint Wahb, Salman the Persian, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Æthelberht of Kent and Abu Lahab.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad was born months after Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib died, Umar was born about 13 years after Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib died, Abu Bakr was born months after Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib died and Uthman was born about 3 years after Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib died.

Where Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib’s contemporaries were born

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The 48 best-known contemporaries

48 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 559.

  1. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  3. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  4. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  5. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  6. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  7. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  8. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  9. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  10. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  11. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  12. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  13. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  14. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  15. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  16. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  17. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  18. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  19. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  20. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  21. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  22. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  23. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  24. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  25. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  26. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  27. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  28. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  29. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  30. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  31. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  32. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  33. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  34. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  35. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  36. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  37. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  38. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  39. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  40. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  41. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  42. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  43. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  44. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  45. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  46. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  47. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  48. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601