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Al-Mahdi
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Al-Mahdi

Caliph

Born 3 August AD 744 · died 24 July AD 785, aged 40
Also known as Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi

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

  1. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  2. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  3. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  4. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  5. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  6. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  7. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  8. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  9. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  10. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  11. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  12. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  13. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  14. Al-Mahdi, AD 744 – AD 785
  15. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  16. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  17. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  18. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  19. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817
  20. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  22. Pope Eugene II, 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-Mahdi was born, Li Bai was 43, Du Fu was 31 or 32, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 22 or 23, Abu Hanifa was 44 and Pope Adrian I was 43 or 44.

When Al-Mahdi died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 63 or 64, Harun al-Rashid was 19, Pope Leo III was 34 or 35, Louis the Pious was 6 or 7 and Pope Adrian I was 84 or 85.

Born during Al-Mahdi’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Louis the Pious, Al-Shafi'i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Pope Paschal I.

Not quite contemporaries: Adi Shankara was born about a year after Al-Mahdi died, Bede died about 9 years before Al-Mahdi was born, Pope Gregory II died about 13 years before Al-Mahdi was born and Charles Martel died about 3 years before Al-Mahdi was born.

What happened in Al-Mahdi’s lifetime

Where Al-Mahdi’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Al-Mahdi

The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Mahdi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 765.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  13. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  14. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  18. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  19. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  20. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  21. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  22. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  23. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  24. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  25. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  26. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  27. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  28. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  29. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  30. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  31. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  32. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  33. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  34. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  35. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  36. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  37. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  38. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  39. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  40. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  41. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  42. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  43. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  44. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  45. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  46. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  47. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  48. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  49. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  50. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  51. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  52. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  53. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  54. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  55. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  56. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  57. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  58. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  59. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  60. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  61. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  62. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  63. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  64. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  65. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  66. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  67. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  68. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842