Who Was Alive

Were Abu Bakr al-Razi and Charles the Simple alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Bakr al-Razi and Charles the Simple were alive at the same time for 45 or 46 years, from AD 879 to AD 925.

Abu Bakr al-Razi was 12 or 13 when Charles the Simple was born.

Charles the Simple was 45 or 46 when Abu Bakr al-Razi died.

Abu Bakr al-Razi

Abu Bakr al-Razi

Physician and chemist

Born AD 866 · died AD 925

Charles the Simple

Charles the Simple

King of West Francia

Born 17 September AD 879 · died 7 October AD 929, aged 50

  1. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  2. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  3. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  4. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  6. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  7. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  8. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973

Abu Bakr al-Razi and Charles the Simple in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Abu Bakr al-Razi and Charles the Simple were born

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