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Al-Masudi
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Al-Masudi

Historian and geographer

Born c. AD 896 · died AD 957
Also known as Al-Mas'udi, Al-Mas'ûdî, Al-Mas'ūdī

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

  1. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  2. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  3. Al-Hallaj, c. AD 858 – AD 922
  4. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  5. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  6. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  7. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  8. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  9. Henry the Fowler, c. AD 876 – AD 936
  10. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  11. Olga of Kiev, c. AD 890 – AD 969
  12. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  13. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  14. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  15. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  16. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  17. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  18. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  19. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  20. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  21. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  22. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  23. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  24. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983

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When Al-Masudi died, Ferdowsi was 16 or 17, Otto the Great was 44 or 45 and Constantine VII was 51 or 52.

Born during Al-Masudi’s lifetime: Ferdowsi, Otto the Great, Pope John XII, Hugh Capet, Pope Leo VIII, Sviatoslav I, Pope John XI and Constantine VII.

Not quite contemporaries: Ibn al-Haytham was born about 6 years after Al-Masudi died, Leif Erikson was born about 13 years after Al-Masudi died, Pope John VIII died about 12 years before Al-Masudi was born and Pope Gregory V was born about 15 years after Al-Masudi died.

Where Al-Masudi’s contemporaries were born

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The 27 best-known contemporaries

27 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Masudi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 928.

  1. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  6. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  7. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  8. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  9. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  10. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  11. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  12. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  13. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  14. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  15. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  16. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  17. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  18. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  19. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  20. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  21. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  22. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  23. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  24. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  25. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  26. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  27. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923