Who Was Alive
Abu Muslim
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Abu Muslim

Military leader

Born AD 718–720 · died February AD 755
Also known as Abu Muslim al Khorasani, Abu Muslim Khorasani

Who was alive at the same time as Abu Muslim?

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Tariq ibn Ziyad, AD 670 – AD 720
  3. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  4. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  5. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  6. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  7. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  8. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  9. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  12. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  13. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  14. Rabia Basri, 710s – AD 801
  15. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  16. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  17. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  18. Abu Muslim, c. AD 719 – AD 755
  19. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  20. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  21. Alcuin, c. AD 740 – AD 804
  22. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  23. Irene of Athens, c. AD 752 – AD 803
  24. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816

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When Abu Muslim died, Li Bai was 53, Du Fu was 42 or 43, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 33 or 34, Abu Hanifa was 55 and Pope Leo III was 4 or 5.

Born during Abu Muslim’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Pope Leo III, Irene of Athens, Alcuin, Abd al-Rahman I, Roland and Nikephoros I.

Not quite contemporaries: Harun al-Rashid was born about 11 years after Abu Muslim died, Al-Shafi'i was born about 12 years after Abu Muslim died, Pope John VII died about 11 years before Abu Muslim was born and Pope John VI died about 13 years before Abu Muslim was born.

What happened in Abu Muslim’s lifetime

Where Abu Muslim’s contemporaries were born

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The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Abu Muslim. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 738.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  7. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  13. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  14. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  15. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  16. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  17. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  18. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  19. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  20. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  21. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  22. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  23. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  24. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  25. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  26. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  27. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  28. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  29. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  30. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  31. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  32. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  33. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  34. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  35. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  36. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  37. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  38. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  39. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  40. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  41. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  42. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  43. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  44. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  45. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  46. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  47. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  48. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  49. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  50. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  51. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  52. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  53. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  54. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  55. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754