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Al-Jahiz
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Al-Jahiz

Writer

Born AD 775 · died AD 868–869
Also known as Jahiz

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

  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-Jahiz, AD 775 – c. AD 869
  10. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  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. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  19. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  21. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  22. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  23. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  24. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925

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When Al-Jahiz was born, Harun al-Rashid was 8 or 9, Al-Shafi'i was 7 or 8, Bai Juyi was 2 or 3, Ali al-Rida was 4 or 5 and Leo IV the Khazar was 24 or 25.

When Al-Jahiz died, Charles the Bald was 45, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 58, Leo VI the Wise was 2 and Robert I of France was 8.

Born during Al-Jahiz’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Alfred the Great, Adi Shankara, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald and Muhammad al-Bukhari.

Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died about 13 years before Al-Jahiz was born, Du Fu died about 4 years before Al-Jahiz was born, Abu Hanifa died about 7 years before Al-Jahiz was born and Pepin the Short died about 7 years before Al-Jahiz was born.

Where Al-Jahiz’s contemporaries were born

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The 81 best-known contemporaries

81 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Jahiz. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 822.

  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. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  13. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  14. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  15. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  17. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  21. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  22. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  23. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  24. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  25. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  26. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  27. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  28. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  29. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  30. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  31. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  32. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  33. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  34. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  35. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  36. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  37. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  38. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  39. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  40. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  41. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  42. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  43. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  44. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  45. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  46. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  47. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  48. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  49. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  50. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  51. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  52. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  53. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  54. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  55. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  56. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  57. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  58. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  59. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  60. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  61. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  62. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  63. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  64. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  65. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  66. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  67. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  68. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  69. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  70. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  71. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  72. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  73. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  74. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  75. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  76. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  77. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  78. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  79. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  80. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  81. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842