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Al-Hallaj
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Al-Hallaj

Mystic and poet

Born c. AD 858 · died 26 March AD 922
Also known as Mansur Al-Hallaj, Husayn ibn Mausur al- Hallaj, Mansour Hallaj

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

  1. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  2. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  3. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  4. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  5. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  6. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  7. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  9. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  10. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  11. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  12. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  13. Al-Hallaj, c. AD 858 – AD 922
  14. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  15. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  16. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  17. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  18. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  19. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  20. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  21. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  22. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  23. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  24. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965

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When Al-Hallaj died, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 55 or 56, Otto the Great was 9, Rudaki was 62 or 63, Constantine VII was 16 and Charles the Simple was 42.

Born during Al-Hallaj’s lifetime: Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Otto the Great, Pope Benedict V, Pope Leo VIII, Æthelstan, Pope John XI and Al-Masudi.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi died about 3 years before Al-Hallaj was born, Pope Gregory IV died about 12 years before Al-Hallaj was born, Pope John XII was born about 13 years after Al-Hallaj died and Ahmad ibn Hanbal died about a year before Al-Hallaj was born.

Where Al-Hallaj’s contemporaries were born

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The 36 best-known contemporaries

36 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Hallaj. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 891.

  1. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  2. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  6. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  7. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  8. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  9. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  10. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  11. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  12. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  13. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  14. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  15. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  16. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  17. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  18. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  19. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  20. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  21. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  22. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  23. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  24. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  25. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  26. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  27. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  28. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  29. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  30. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  31. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  32. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  33. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  34. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  35. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  36. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869