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Al-Mansur
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Al-Mansur

Caliph

Born November AD 713 · died 7 October AD 775, aged 61
Also known as Abu Ja'far al-Mansur, Mansur, Abu Giafar Almansur

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

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  3. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  4. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  5. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  6. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  7. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  8. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  9. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  10. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  11. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  12. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  13. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  14. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  15. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  16. Al-Mansur, AD 713 – AD 775
  17. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  18. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  19. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  20. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  21. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  22. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  23. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  24. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817

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When Al-Mansur was born, Li Bai was 12, Du Fu was about a year old, Abu Hanifa was 14, Pope Gregory II was 43 or 44 and Charles Martel was 25.

When Al-Mansur died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 53 or 54, Harun al-Rashid was 9, Pope Leo III was 24 or 25, Pope Adrian I was 74 or 75 and Al-Shafi'i was 8.

Born during Al-Mansur’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Al-Shafi'i, Pope Stephen III and Pope Stephen IV.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 3 years after Al-Mansur died, Adi Shankara was born about 11 years after Al-Mansur died, Louis the Pious was born about 3 years after Al-Mansur died and Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born about 5 years after Al-Mansur died.

What happened in Al-Mansur’s lifetime

Where Al-Mansur’s contemporaries were born

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The 80 best-known contemporaries

80 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Mansur. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 744.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  15. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  18. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  19. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  21. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  22. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  23. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  24. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  25. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  26. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  27. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  28. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  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. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  36. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  37. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  38. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  39. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  40. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  41. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  42. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  43. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  44. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  45. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  46. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  47. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  48. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  49. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  50. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  51. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  52. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  53. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  54. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  55. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  56. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  57. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  58. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  59. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  60. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  61. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  62. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  63. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  64. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  65. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  66. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  67. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  68. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  69. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  70. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  71. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  72. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  73. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  74. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  75. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  76. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  77. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  78. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  79. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  80. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842