Who Was Alive

Were Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Alfred the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Alfred the Great were alive at the same time for 5 or 6 years, from AD 849 to AD 855.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 68 or 69 when Alfred the Great was born.

Alfred the Great was 5 or 6 when Ahmad ibn Hanbal died, aged 74.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Jurist and theologian

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

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

Monarch of England

Born AD 849 · died c. AD 899

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  5. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  6. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  7. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  9. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  10. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Alfred the Great 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 Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Alfred the Great were born

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