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Al-Hadi
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Al-Hadi

Caliph

Born AD 761–764 · died 14 September AD 786

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

  1. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  2. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  3. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  4. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  5. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  6. Rabia Basri, 710s – AD 801
  7. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  8. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  9. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  10. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  11. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  12. Irene of Athens, c. AD 752 – AD 803
  13. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  14. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  15. Al-Hadi, c. AD 763 – AD 786
  16. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  17. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817
  19. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  20. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  21. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Valentine, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  24. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855

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When Al-Hadi died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 64 or 65, Harun al-Rashid was 20, Pope Leo III was 35 or 36, Louis the Pious was 7 or 8 and Pope Adrian I was 85 or 86.

Born during Al-Hadi’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Harun al-Rashid, Louis the Pious, Al-Shafi'i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Pope Paschal I, Pope Eugene II and Pope Stephen IV.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Kindi was born about 13 years after Al-Hadi died, Pope Gregory IV was born about 7 years after Al-Hadi died, John of Damascus died about 12 years before Al-Hadi was born and Pope Adrian II was born about 6 years after Al-Hadi died.

Where Al-Hadi’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 54 best-known contemporaries

54 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Hadi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 775.

  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. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  9. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  13. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  14. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  15. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  16. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  17. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  18. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  19. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  20. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  21. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  22. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  23. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  24. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  25. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  26. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  27. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  28. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  29. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  30. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  31. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  32. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  33. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  34. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  35. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  36. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  37. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  38. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  39. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  40. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  41. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  42. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  43. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  44. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  45. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  46. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  47. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  48. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  49. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  50. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  51. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  52. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  53. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  54. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842