Who Was Alive

Were Abu Nuwas and Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Nuwas and Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi were alive at the same time, from c. AD 780 to AD 814.

Abu Nuwas

8th-century classical Arabic poet

Born AD 753–762 · died AD 814

Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer

Born c. AD 780 · died c. AD 850

  1. Du Fu
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  3. Charlemagne
  4. Abu Nuwas
  5. Harun al-Rashid
  6. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
  7. Ādi Shankara
Abu Nuwas and Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.