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Al-Ma'arri
Kahlil Gibran, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Al-Ma'arri

Poet

Born December AD 973 · died 9 May 1057, aged 83

Who was alive at the same time as Al-Ma'arri?

  1. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  4. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  7. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  8. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  9. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  10. Al-Ma'arri, AD 973 – 1057
  11. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  12. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  13. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  14. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  15. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  16. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  17. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  18. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  19. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  20. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  21. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  22. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  23. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  24. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131

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When Al-Ma'arri was born, Ferdowsi was 33, Al-Biruni was under a year old, Hugh Capet was 32 or 33, Pope Gregory V was about a year old and Basil II was 14 or 15.

When Al-Ma'arri died, Alexios I Komnenos was 8 or 9, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 6, Alp Arslan was 28, Henry I of France was 49 and Philip I of France was 4.

Born during Al-Ma'arri’s lifetime: Avicenna, Omar Khayyam, William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Cnut, Pope Leo IX and Pope Alexander II.

Not quite contemporaries: Otto the Great died months before Al-Ma'arri was born, Pope John XII died about 9 years before Al-Ma'arri was born, Pope Benedict V died about 8 years before Al-Ma'arri was born and Henry I of England was born about 9 years after Al-Ma'arri died.

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Where Al-Ma'arri’s contemporaries were born

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The 45 best-known contemporaries

45 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Ma'arri. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1016.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  6. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  8. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  9. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  10. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  11. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  12. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  13. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  14. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  15. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  16. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  17. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  18. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  20. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  21. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  22. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  23. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  24. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  25. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  26. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  27. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  28. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  29. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  30. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  31. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  32. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  33. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  34. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  35. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  36. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  37. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  38. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  39. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  40. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  41. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  42. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  43. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  44. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  45. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066