Who Was Alive
Al-Mu'tasim
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Al-Mu'tasim

Caliph

Born AD 796 · died 5 January AD 842, aged 45 or 46

Who was alive at the same time as Al-Mu'tasim?

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  7. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  8. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  9. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  10. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  12. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  13. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  14. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  15. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Al-Mu'tasim, AD 796 – AD 842
  17. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  18. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  19. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  20. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  22. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  23. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  24. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884

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When Al-Mu'tasim was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 74 or 75, Harun al-Rashid was 29 or 30, Pope Leo III was 45 or 46, Louis the Pious was 17 or 18 and Al-Shafi'i was 28 or 29.

When Al-Mu'tasim died, Charles the Bald was 18, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 31, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 61, Pope Adrian II was 49 or 50 and Pope Marinus I was 11 or 12.

Born during Al-Mu'tasim’s lifetime: Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus, Pope Benedict III, Pope Marinus I and Pope Nicholas I.

Not quite contemporaries: Alfred the Great was born about 7 years after Al-Mu'tasim died, Pope Adrian I died about a year before Al-Mu'tasim was born, Malik ibn Anas died about a year before Al-Mu'tasim was born and Al-Hallaj was born about 14 years after Al-Mu'tasim died.

Where Al-Mu'tasim’s contemporaries were born

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Mu'tasim. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 820.

  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. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  13. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  14. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  17. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  18. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  20. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  21. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  22. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  23. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  24. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  25. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  26. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  28. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  29. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  30. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  31. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  34. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  35. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  36. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  37. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  38. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  39. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  40. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  41. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  42. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  43. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  44. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  45. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  46. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  47. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  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. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  56. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  57. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  58. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  59. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  60. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  61. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842