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Al-Ma'mun
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Al-Ma'mun

Caliph

Born AD 785–786 · died AD 832–833, aged 46 or 47
Also known as Al-mamoun, Al-Ma'mum

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

  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-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  10. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  11. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  13. Al-Ma'mun, c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  14. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  15. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  16. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  17. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  18. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  19. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  20. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  21. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  22. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  23. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  24. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884

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When Al-Ma'mun was born, Harun al-Rashid was 19 or 20, Louis the Pious was 7 or 8, Al-Shafi'i was 18 or 19, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 5 or 6 and Bai Juyi was 13 or 14.

When Al-Ma'mun died, Louis the Pious was 54 or 55, Charles the Bald was 9 or 10, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 22 or 23, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 52 or 53 and Bai Juyi was 60 or 61.

Born during Al-Ma'mun’s lifetime: Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope John VIII, Pope Adrian II, Pope Leo IV and Pope Formosus.

Not quite contemporaries: Du Fu died about 15 years before Al-Ma'mun was born, Pope Stephen III died about 14 years before Al-Ma'mun was born, Pope John IX was born about 5 years after Al-Ma'mun died and Pope Theodore II was born about 7 years after Al-Ma'mun died.

Where Al-Ma'mun’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Al-Ma'mun

The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Ma'mun. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 810.

  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. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  13. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  14. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  24. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  25. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  26. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  27. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  28. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  29. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  30. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  31. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  32. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  33. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  34. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  35. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  36. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  37. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  38. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  39. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  40. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  41. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  42. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  43. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  44. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  45. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  46. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  47. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  48. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  49. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  50. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  51. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  52. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  53. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  54. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  55. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  56. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  57. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  58. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  59. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  60. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  61. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  62. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  63. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842