Who Was Alive

Were Abu Nuwas and Muhammad al-Bukhari alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Nuwas and Muhammad al-Bukhari were alive at the same time for 3 or 4 years, from AD 810 to AD 814.

Muhammad al-Bukhari was 3 or 4 when Abu Nuwas died.

Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

Poet

Born AD 753–762 · died AD 814

Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhaddith

Born 20 July AD 810 · died 31 August AD 870, aged 60

  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. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  8. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899

Abu Nuwas and Muhammad al-Bukhari 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 Muhammad al-Bukhari were born

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