Who Was Alive

Were Abu Nuwas and Louis the Pious alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Nuwas and Louis the Pious were alive at the same time for 35 or 36 years, from AD 778 to AD 814.

Louis the Pious was 35 or 36 when Abu Nuwas died.

Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

Poet

Born AD 753–762 · died AD 814

Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious

King of Franks

Born AD 778 · died 20–24 June AD 840, aged 61 or 62

  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. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840

Abu Nuwas and Louis the Pious 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 Louis the Pious were born

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