Who Was Alive

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Jurist and theologian

Born 23 November AD 780 · died 2 August AD 855, aged 74
Also known as Ahmed ibn Hanbal, Ḥanbal Aḥmad, al-Imām Ibn ḥanbal

Who was alive at the same time as Ahmad ibn Hanbal?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  3. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  4. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  5. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  6. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  8. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  9. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  10. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  11. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  13. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  14. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  17. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  18. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  19. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  20. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  22. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  23. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  24. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899

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When Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 58 or 59, Harun al-Rashid was 14, Pope Leo III was 29 or 30, Louis the Pious was 2 and Pope Adrian I was 79 or 80.

When Ahmad ibn Hanbal died, Alfred the Great was 5 or 6, Charles the Bald was 32, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 45, Pope Adrian II was 62 or 63 and Pope Marinus I was 24 or 25.

Born during Ahmad ibn Hanbal’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Adi Shankara, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope John VIII and Pope Adrian II.

Not quite contemporaries: Du Fu died about 9 years before Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born, Al-Farabi was born about 13 years after Ahmad ibn Hanbal died, Abu Bakr al-Razi was born about 11 years after Ahmad ibn Hanbal died and Abu Hanifa died about 12 years before Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born.

Where Ahmad ibn Hanbal’s contemporaries were born

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The 72 best-known contemporaries

72 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ahmad ibn Hanbal. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 818.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  8. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  9. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  11. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  24. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  25. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  26. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  27. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  28. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  29. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  30. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  31. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  32. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  33. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  34. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  35. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  36. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  37. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  38. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  39. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  40. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  41. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  42. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  43. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  44. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  45. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  46. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  47. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  48. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  49. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  50. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  51. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  52. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  53. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  54. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  55. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  56. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  57. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  58. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  59. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  60. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  61. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  62. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  63. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  64. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  65. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  66. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  67. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  68. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  69. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  70. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  71. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  72. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842