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Al-Saffah
Abu Ali Bal'ami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Al-Saffah

Caliph

Born AD 722 · died 9 June AD 754, aged 31 or 32
Also known as As-Saffah

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

  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. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  5. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  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. Rabia Basri, 710s – AD 801
  14. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  15. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  16. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  17. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  18. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  19. Al-Saffah, AD 722 – AD 754
  20. Abd al-Rahman I, AD 731 – AD 788
  21. Roland, AD 737 – AD 778
  22. Alcuin, c. AD 740 – AD 804
  23. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  24. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816

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When Al-Saffah was born, Li Bai was 20 or 21, Du Fu was 9 or 10, Jabir ibn Hayyan was about a year old, Abu Hanifa was 22 or 23 and Charles Martel was 33 or 34.

When Al-Saffah died, Li Bai was 53, Du Fu was 41 or 42, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 32 or 33, Abu Hanifa was 54 and Pope Leo III was 3 or 4.

Born during Al-Saffah’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Pope Leo III, Alcuin, Abd al-Rahman I, Roland, Nikephoros I, Carloman I and Leo IV the Khazar.

Not quite contemporaries: Harun al-Rashid was born about 12 years after Al-Saffah died, Al-Shafi'i was born about 13 years after Al-Saffah died, Pope John VII died about 15 years before Al-Saffah was born and Pope Stephen IV was born about 14 years after Al-Saffah died.

What happened in Al-Saffah’s lifetime

Where Al-Saffah’s contemporaries were born

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Saffah. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 739.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  7. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  13. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  14. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  15. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  16. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  17. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  18. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  19. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  20. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  21. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  22. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  23. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  24. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  25. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  26. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  27. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  28. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  29. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  30. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  31. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  32. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  33. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  34. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  35. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  36. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  37. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  38. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  39. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  40. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  41. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  42. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  43. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  44. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  45. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  46. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  47. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  48. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  49. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  50. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  51. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754