Who Was Alive

Were Al-Masudi and Ferdowsi alive at the same time?

Yes. Al-Masudi and Ferdowsi were alive at the same time for 16 or 17 years, from AD 940 to AD 957.

Ferdowsi was 16 or 17 when Al-Masudi died.

Al-Masudi

Al-Masudi

Historian and geographer

Born c. AD 896 · died AD 957

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

  1. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  2. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  4. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  6. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  7. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  8. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  10. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037

Al-Masudi and Ferdowsi in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Al-Masudi and Ferdowsi were born

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