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Al-Amin
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Al-Amin

Caliph

Born April AD 787 · died AD 813, aged 25 or 26
Also known as Muhammad ibn Harun al-Amin

Who was alive at the same time as Al-Amin?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  5. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  6. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  7. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  9. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817
  10. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  11. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  12. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  13. Pope Valentine, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  14. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  17. Al-Amin, AD 787 – AD 813
  18. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  20. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  21. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  22. Lothair I, AD 795 – AD 855
  23. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  24. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870

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When Al-Amin was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 65 or 66, Harun al-Rashid was 21, Pope Leo III was 36 or 37, Louis the Pious was 8 or 9 and Pope Adrian I was 86 or 87.

When Al-Amin died, Louis the Pious was 34 or 35, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 2 or 3, Al-Shafi'i was 45 or 46, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 32 or 33 and Al-Ma'mun was 26 or 27.

Born during Al-Amin’s lifetime: Al-Kindi, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope Adrian II, Pope Leo IV, Pope Sergius II, Lothair I and John Scotus Eriugena.

Not quite contemporaries: Charles the Bald was born about 10 years after Al-Amin died, Pope John VIII was born about 5 years after Al-Amin died, Pope Formosus was born about a year after Al-Amin died and Pope Nicholas I was born about 5 years after Al-Amin died.

Where Al-Amin’s contemporaries were born

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The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Amin. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 800.

  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. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  13. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  14. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  17. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  18. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  19. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  20. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  21. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  23. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  24. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  25. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  26. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  27. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  28. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  29. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  30. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  31. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  32. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  33. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  34. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  35. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  36. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  37. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  38. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  39. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  40. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  41. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  42. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  43. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  44. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  45. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  46. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  47. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  48. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  49. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  50. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  51. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  52. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  53. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  54. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  55. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842