Who Was Alive

Were Abu Nuwas and Ahmad ibn Hanbal alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Nuwas and Ahmad ibn Hanbal were alive at the same time for 33 or 34 years, from AD 780 to AD 814.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 33 or 34 when Abu Nuwas died.

Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

Poet

Born AD 753–762 · died AD 814

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Jurist and theologian

Born 23 November AD 780 · died 2 August AD 855, aged 74

  1. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  3. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  7. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  8. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899

Abu Nuwas and Ahmad ibn Hanbal 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 Nuwas and Ahmad ibn Hanbal were born

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